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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
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    :: Friday, January 07, 2005 ::

    Left challenges AFL-CIO chief - Likely opponent is from Sweeney's base By THOMAS B. EDSALL, The Washington Post
    In a more threatening development, the percentage of the private-sector workforce represented by unions dropped to 8.2 percent last year.

    'The labor movement has failed to stem the tide,' said Bruce Raynor, general president of Unite Here. 'The AFL-CIO has been this volunteer, lowest-common-denominator organization. . . . That time has passed. We need a stronger labor federation.'
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