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...million to remove a Governor they elected less than a year ago who has not committed any malfeasance and whose major sin was hiding from them the seriousness of the problems ahead when he was running for re-election. On Monday, when Davis found himself in Chicago at an AFL-CIO convention with Bill Clinton, he privately sought the counsel of the master political survivor. As they talked for more than an hour at the Drake Hotel, Clinton (who has also been advising Feinstein) compared Davis' situation with his own during impeachment. The key, he told Davis, is to stay...
...start paying attention; so far, the best he has polled is 12%, compared with Lieberman's 25% and Kerry's 14%. Another is whether the Establishment will try to rally its forces early behind anyone. All nine Democratic candidates will face questions from rank-and-file workers at the AFL-CIO's executive-council meeting in Chicago this week. But the panel appears in no hurry to give its endorsement, which requires support from two-thirds of member unions. Gephardt's long-standing ties to labor give him an edge, and he has already won the support of 10 major...
...union victory at Kukdong factory, also known as MexMode, is the first and only one among the 3,000 maquiladoros in Mexico in their 30-year history, according to Jeff Hermanson, a senior adviser with the AFL-CIO, which provided the workers with food, water and transportation during their three-day strike...
...deal has yet to change the AFL's position in the sports hierarchy. As Baker followed the broadcasts of two arena games recently in an NBC conference room in New York City, he couldn't help an occasional peek at rival ABC on another screen, where Shaquille O'Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers were battling the San Antonio Spurs. That NBA playoff game drew a 7.0 rating (one rating point equals a million households), while the AFL got only...
Still, Baker is encouraged by the enthusiasm evident in the stands at AFL games around the country, where his hefty figure is a familiar sight. Fans greet him like a rock star and beg for autographs and high fives. He knows many season-ticket holders and their kids by name. "I'm lucky," he says as he signs a program. "Paul Tagliabue doesn't get to do this...