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...into a recession, Bergsten warns, is still likely to lead to "a very significant increase in U.S. trade protection." Even a modest slowing of output and rise in unemployment, he fears, will be widely blamed on cheap imports. The Clinton Administration may give in to protectionism to please the AFL-CIO, which it is " beholden to" for the Democratic successes in the November elections. Hormats voiced fears that protection is all too likely to win support from the Republican right, now a stronghold of economic nationalism, as well as the Democratic left, creating a strange but potentially strong alliance...
Hoffa's first challenge will come from his own nominal allies, the organized labor movement. "Hoffa will have to come to an accommodation with the AFL-CIO," says Barnes. But "it will be very difficult" for him to do that, says Barnes, because the top AFL-CIO leadership supported Ron Carey, Hoffa's predecessor and nemesis, who was ultimately toppled because of campaign irregularities. The second challenge will come from the feds, whose continuing monitoring has helped drain the union's coffers and limited its influence. To undo those shackles, says Barnes "Hoffa will have to come to Washington with...
...president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, Reuther negotiated a historic merger with the American Federation of Labor, headed by George Meany. Reuther then headed up the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Department, but 13 years later, sharp differences over policy and programs led to the U.A.W.'s withdrawal from the organization--it would stay out until reaffiliating...
Bill Fletcher, Jr., director of education with the AFL-CIO, addressed the relationship between politics and labor...
While some prominent groups like the AFL-CIO are husbanding their resources this year for voter-mobilization drives, the political parties are getting in on the issue-ad bonanza. It's a doozy for Republicans. The National Republican Congressional Committee, which funds House races, figures to spend $28 million on issue ads in more than 30 states, a blitz dubbed Operation Breakout. That compares with $13 million in 1996. Democrats will spend $7 million, up $1 million from two years ago. The G.O.P. is expected to lay out $10 million on Senate races before the campaign is over. "The anticipation...