Word: cio
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...recruiter was from the Washington-based firm of Seyfarth and Shaw, which the AFL-CIO has recently listed as being among the 17 law firms in the country that practice union-busting tactics...
...much influence do the clerks really wield? According to one recent alumnus, "a clerk has influence but never makes a decision." The power comes, he explains, "from being able to track down information and think of new ways to argue a case." Says AFL-CIO lawyer Walter Kamiat, once a clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall: "In most chambers, the Justices are looking for all the perspectives in a case. I did not feel it was my function to insert my views in opinions, but it was my responsibility to raise any issues I saw." Justice Department lawyer James Feldman...
...that striking workers should not look to the Government for sympathy or even tolerance. "Other employers, public and private, interpreted this as a declaration of open season on unions and went all-out to block, weaken or be rid of them," says Thomas Donahue, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO...
Although WWP members say they have made some headway into Local 8751, an AFL-CIO steelworkers' union, communists have generally not had much luck with the traditional revolutionary tactic of labor agitation. According to Lawrence, they are more often baited by unionized workers than they are welcomed with open arms...
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...