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Because the UAW and AFSCME are both members of the AFL-CIO, their competition at Harvard was a point of contention between the national groups...
...House and Treasury Secretary James Baker, the unruly mob on Wall Street saw only the threat of rising interest rates and faltering economic growth. "I fear we will have the worst of possible worlds, with high interest rates and a recession," said Rudy Oswald, chief economist for the AFL-CIO...
Nowhere is danger more obvious than in the meat-packing industry, which will be the focus this week of congressional hearings on its safety practices. AFL- CIO officials estimate that more than one-third of the nation's 175,000 packinghouse workers -- 160 victims each day -- will suffer a serious injury or illness this year. Because meat-packing employees must work swiftly with sharp knives and cleavers, severe cuts and fractures are common. So is carpal- tunnel syndrome, a painful wrist condition caused by a repetitive chopping motion that swells tendons, pinches nerves and sometimes requires corrective surgery. Many workers...
Last month the American Civil Liberties Union formally called for Bork's rejection. The only other court nominee the A.C.L.U. has officially opposed was Rehnquist in 1971. Earlier in August, the AFL-CIO came out against Bork, citing his "overriding commitment to the interests of the wealthy and powerful...
...longest-running product boycotts in recent memory finally drew to a heady close last week. In Washington, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland crossed off the name of the Colorado-based Coors brewery from a list of sanctioned companies, ending a ten-year labor dispute. Reason for the peace declaration: Coors had agreed not to interfere with union-organizing efforts at its two plants...