March 3, 2005
WORSE MONEY AFTER BAD:
AFL-CIO's Sweeney Defeats Challenge From Dissidents (Thomas B. Edsall, March 3, 2005, Washington Post)
AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney, in a show of power, turned back a strong challenge to his control from dissident unions and then won a major increase in spending on labor political activities during a federation meeting here Wednesday.
Wouldn't it be more effective to burn the money, at least it would give off light as well as heat. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 3, 2005 4:25 PM
Comments
Sweeney, the former head of the SEIU, a blue-collar public sector union, is almost the poster boy for why Labor has ceased to matter.
Posted by: Bart at March 3, 2005 10:10 PMAndrew Stern is breathing down his neck.
Posted by: jim hamlen at March 3, 2005 11:56 PM