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...nation's labor unions have been dwindling in recent years in both membership and political clout. But they mustered all the lobbying power they could behind the Labor Reform Act of 1978. Pressured by AFL-CIO Boss George Meany, President Carter gave the bill forceful, if not all-out, support. But businessmen, large and small, rallied strong opposition, arguing that the bill would put them at a disadvantage with Big Labor and lead to a wave of organizing, particularly in the South, where unions have been weak. Last week, after the bill had been stalled for 19 days...
...support for a proposal to cut the capital-gains tax from a maximum rate of 49% to 25%. Though the Administration dismisses it as a "fat cat" proposal, Steiger's measure has won endorsement from 61 Senators and, in the name of job creation, from none other than AFL-CIO Leader George Meany. Steiger had been talking of settling for a new ceiling of 35%, but in the wake of Proposition 13, he may well revert to his original demand...
Jones says that one of his favorite salesmen is AFL-CIO President George Meany, and the old plumber has allied with the GE boss on many issues. Once when Jones congratulated Meany for selling an increase in the investment tax credit on Capitol Hill, Meany said: "Hell, the trouble with you business guys is that you talk about 'capital formation.' What you should be talking about is 'job formation' because those are buzz words to Congressmen...
Undeniably, the textile factories of the South are a major target for the AFL-CIO, which has seen the unionized portion of the American labor force slip from 26.6% ten years ago to 24% today. AFL-CIO President George Meany professes surprise at what he calls business's "holy war" against the Senate bill. He claims the battle should be solely between the unions and "lawbreaking corporations...
Last week Jimmy Carter expressed a wish of his own to Meany and his AFL-CIO executive council during an hour-and-a-half meeting in the White House Indian Treaty Room. Carter told Big Labor that he wanted its support for his program of voluntary wage and price restraints to curb inflation. Only the day before, at a lavish White House breakfast meeting, Carter had announced a gift of sorts for the 83-year-old Meany: a solid Administration endorsement for the troubled labor-reform bill. But despite Carter's help on this pet Meany project, the labor...