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...thus are not the primary cause of inflation. But the labor leaders voiced suspicion that Ford may yet resort to wage-price controls, despite his public disclaimers, and they sharply criticized the Federal Reserve's money policy. The bitterest attack was delivered in a separate forum by AFL-CIO President George Meany. In a speech in Kansas City, Mo., he declared that any Soviet economist who had as bad a record as Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns would be "promoted" to Siberia...
...United Federation of Teachers, whose showdowns with local officials over salaries and a school decentralization plan made Shanker's militant reputation in the late 1960s. He is also executive vice president of the New York State United Teachers (200,000 members) and a vice president of the AFL-CIO, with which the A.F.T. is affiliated...
Beirne was a restless, philosophical leader; he called three strikes against the Bell System in 1947, 1968 and 1971, but acknowledged that automation would dull the cutting edge of his union's major weapon. A member of the executive council of the CIO (later, AFL-CIO) since 1949, Beirne was one of the few labor leaders to support George McGovern's presidential campaign...
...Teamsters suit charged that Sullivan violated a state housing authority law that requires "a representative of organized labor" to be among the five CHA commissioners. The law also requires Sullivan to select nominees submitted by the AFL-CIO Labor Council, the suit said...
Those provisions are enough to make the act "landmark legislation" in the view of Bertran Seidman, Social Security director of the AFL-CIO. But the law does not go far enough to please many advocates of pension reform. No employer would be required to set up a pension plan. Many blue-collar workers take their first jobs at 16 but would not have to be included in pension plans until they are 25 (though they must then be given credit for three years' vesting). Karen W. Ferguson, a Washington attorney and ally of Ralph Nader, complains that not requiring...