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AFL-CIO

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The AFL-CIO or American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations is a federation of 60 member American labor unions which encompasses all but a handful of major labor unions in the country and represents more than 13 million of Americans working in virtually every part of the economy.

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Leadership

History

The AFL-CIO was created in 1955 by the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The AFL-CIO's first president, George Meany, was succeeded in 1979 by Lane Kirkland.

AFL-CIO in Crisis

On July 24, 2005, major news organizations, including the New York Times reported that several of the nation's largest unions were considering leaving the AFL-CIO.

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This page was last modified 17:13, 23 April 2007 by dKosopedia user Bailout. Based on work by Andrew Oh-Willeke and dKosopedia user(s) Allamakee Democrat, Bink and ZenobiaDTC. Content is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.


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