[lbo-talk] Teamsters quit AFL-CIO

[Nathan Newman]

Pish Posh-  folks are making way too much of this split, in many ways. 
Most union money to the Dems never went via the AFL-CIO, so non-affiliation 
will have relatively little effect.

SEIU et al have said they are quite willing to keep working with local 
Central Labor Councils, which do a lot of the grassroots coordination at 
elections, so as long as that happens, the electoral political effects of 
the split will probably be minor.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wojtek Sokolowski" <sokol at jhu.edu>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: [lbo-talk] Teamsters quit AFL-CIO

http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/25/news/economy/boycott/index.htm?cnn=yes

So it looks like the days of AFL-CIO - and consequently the Democratic Party
-  are numbered.

Wojtek

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