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...ridicule from Democratic critics. Congressman Richard Gephardt of Missouri, a champion of fair trade and a presidential candidate, labeled Reagan's argument "mush." Said he: "The trade deficit is an indication that we're not winning our share of the world economy." Rudolph Oswald, chief economist of the AFL-CIO, agreed. "Reagan must have been reading Alice in Wonderland rather than the U.S. trade figures. He's got everything upside down...
...contracts of the 3600 clerical and maintenance unions, AFL-CIO locals 34 and 35, are due to expire on January...
Founded in 1958 mainly to provide insurance for retirees, AARP is now the nation's largest special-interest group. "Join the Association that's bigger than most countries," boasted a recent magazine ad. This elderly behemoth, nearly twice the size of the AFL-CIO, continues to grow by about 8,000 new dues payers a day. One out of nine Americans belongs, paying a $5 annual fee. AARP offers drug and travel discounts, runs the nation's largest group-health- insura nce program and a credit union. In addition, its savvy media operation includes Modern Maturity, the nation's third...
Little love has been lost between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the AFL-CIO. The labor federation expelled the Teamsters on charges of corruption in 1957, precipitating raiding wars in which each side sought to increase membership at the other's expense. That rift ended last week, when the AFL-CIO board, representing 13.1 million workers, voted to readmit the 1.8 million-strong Teamsters union. Said AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland: "This is a process of pursuing solidarity and bringing into one house all of labor's children...
...Teamsters may be less interested in solidarity than in shelter from the Justice Department. The AFL-CIO leaders stood by Teamsters President Jackie Presser, who faces federal racketeering charges, and vowed to fight a Government bid to take control of the Teamsters to cleanse it of Mob influence...