Big Labor view (Fall 1984, Heritage Foundation,
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Leftists have long criticized the American labor movement for its polit- ical conservatism. Now, says Green, a former labor union official, they have less room for complaint.
He contends that the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which includes 96 labor unions representing 13.7 million workers, is veering sharply to the left.
There was some truth...