:: rawblogXport ::
union news / workers rights / construction / safety / irony...
 |
|
| carpentersunionbc.com | |
|---|---|
| google news | |
recent posts: | |
| BlogRolling: | |
blogs that link here  
    
  implementation: email d@ve2300 this weblog is the work of dave livingston, a union carpenter in nelson bc canada 
| |
|
| |
| |
FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of labor and economic issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec.107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. | |
 | |
|
"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez | |
:: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 ::
AFL-CIO’s Dark Past (5) By Harry Kelber, LaborEducator
Kirkland Built A Secret Global Empire With U.S. Funds to Control Foreign Labor
For a half century, American workers had been kept completely in the dark about the Meany-Kirkland covert operations in foreign countries, financed mainly by U.S. government agencies and giant corporations that expected a handsome return for their investments.
Union members were never told how, in their name, AFL-CIO leaders meddled into the internal affairs of dozens of countries, attacking indigenous labor unions and destabilizing nationalist movements that would not conform to America’s global ambitions.
Even in the historic 1995 contest for the AFL-CIO presidency, neither John Sweeney nor his rival, Thomas Donahue, discussed labor’s record on foreign policy during their debate, and it never turned up as an issue during the campaign. The prevailing view among top labor leaders was to keep the skeletons in the closet and move on.------------------------------------------- posted 7:16 AM :: reference link ::
0 comments ::
Comments:
Post a Comment
