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    :: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 ::

    Labor pains By Mark Shields, CNN
    Gerald W. McEntee, president of the 1.5 million member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) is the kind of guy who could single-handedly give opportunism a bad name.

    But let it be known that he is the exception, that there are many in labor for whom their word is their bond and for whom loyalty -- especially when the going gets tough -- remains their guiding value.
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