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From 1948-53 Guinier was the Secretary-Treasurer of the United Public Workers (UPW), the forerunner of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers. The UPW was purged from the AFL-CIO during the communist scare of the 1950s...
Walesa's triumphant visit to the nation's capital continued during the afternoon, when President Bush appeared with him at an AFL-CIO convention, hailing him as "America's special guest" and promising more aid for Poland...
...steps to send economic aid to Poland have been accompanied by personal adulation for Walesa. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bush on Monday, an AFL-CIO human rights award on Tuesday, and yesterday became the second foreign private citizen to address a joint meeting of Congress, the first since the Marquis de Lafayette...
...been thwarted in their attempts to legislate a higher minimum. Just last June, Bush vetoed an increase to $4.55 an hour. He was responding to arguments from business that a higher minimum would force 200,000 workers to lose their jobs. The logjam broke two weeks ago, however, when AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland suggested a compromise plan to the White House...
...Coors' family has never been popular with the left. Its support for right-wing causes (such as the Nicaraguan Contras) and history of acrimonious relations with organized labor and minority groups led to a long-running boycott of Coors beer by labor unions and other liberal concerns. Although the AFL-CIO recently ended its boycott, refusing to drink the Silver Bullet remains a common badge of political correctness on campus...