Word: aflcio
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Carter claimed at the recent AFLCIO convention (11/15/79) that "We have done nothing for which any administration need apologize." Does President Carter fail to recall that in 1953, the popular government of Dr. Mossadegh was overthrown in a bloody coup d'etat orchestrated by the American administration through the Central Intelligence Agency? Has he forgotten that on June 5th, 1962, more than 10,000 innocent people were shot to death by the American-advised Iranian army? Does he not remember congratulating the Shah on the morning after Black Friday, September 8th, 1977, when the Shah's army shot down...
...industry lobbies which are opposed to cost containment legislation simply in the interest of their own profits. Local groups that see Medicaid consuming larger and larger percentages of their budgets are unfortunately also usually opposed to large, federally-funded projects that aim at comprehensive health care coverage. And the AFLCIO, which supported the Kennedy-Corman bill, unfortunately represents people who are employed and who are already covered by good health plans...
Granum mentions the lunch that Carter will have in about an hour with George Meany and a platoon of angry labor leaders. He notes that the AFLCIO'S No. 2 man, Lane Kirkland- who in a blistering address the day before charged Carter with failing to keep his promises to the "working people"-has said labor would be willing to support the Administration's tax-reduction proposals in return for the President's backing of a comprehensive labor-reform law. "How should we respond in public to Kirkland's remarks?" Granum asks...
...primary campaign and convention--for all the latter's stability, widely mistaken for conservatism--continued a gradual power shift of some importance, masked by the "good government" rhetorical appeal of Carter, who all along has sought support on the basis of his personal qualities rather than issues. The old AFLCIO labor bosses are on the outs, having supported Jackson; and the more liberal union leaderships, like those of the Auto Workers, State, County and Municipal workers, National Education Association, and the coal miners, have grown in power, having backed Carter and at least partially responsible for his victories in Iowa...
Harvard also faces negotiations with the Maintenance Trades Council (MTC), an AFLCIO umbrella union representing 353 Harvard workers. The present contract will terminate on December 7, and a major internal dispute in the MTC is likely to complicate the negotiating process. Most MTC members at Harvard belong to the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 877, which, at the moment, is at loggerheads with the four other labor units in the MTC--Local 103 of the electrical workers, Local 12 of the plumbers, the District Council of Carpenters, and District Council 35 of the painters. Harvard is watching the situation...