LABOR DEBATES ITS FUTURE. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): Moberg, David
  • Source:
    Nation. 3/14/2005, Vol. 280 Issue 10, p11-16. 5p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      LABOR movement; LABOR leaders; LABOR organizing; LABOR union members; STERN, Andy, 1950-; SWEENEY, John; INTERORGANIZATIONAL relations; ORGANIZATIONAL structure
    • Subject Terms:
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    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the labor movement in the United States. Role of Andy Stern as the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU); Debate between Stern and the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) ; Reference to the labor federation's executive council meeting in March 2005; Claim that the debate should focus on a movement for economic democracy and social justice rather than organizational structure; Discussion of wages and employment conditions in the U.S. under President George W. Bush; Decline of labor union membership; Statement that the labor movement needs to increase its political power; Role of former SEIU president John Sweeney in encouraging unions to organize; Discussion of Stern's ideas for reorganizing the labor movement.