PWW Editorial: Labors Bump in the Road

BY:People’s World| August 3, 2005

The big business media has gotten the story on the AFL-CIOs convention all wrong. Yes, four unions, SEIU, the Teamsters, Unite Here and the UFCW, decided to boycott the convention. Yes, then SEIU and the Teamsters left the federation, with the other two unions likely to follow. And yes, this is a serious blow to labor unity and to the working class.

Our take is clear: the split is a serious mistake that may haunt labor for some time to come….

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