the AFL CIO

Indeed, the AFL-CIO, once an opponent of high immigration quotas, has reversed position and is now attempting to organize immigrants.

A recession is "not the most propitious time" to strike, says Thea Lee, policy director of the AFL-CIO, America's largest labour federation.

The trade deals were opposed by groups including the AFL- CIO, the largest U. S. labor federation and a frequent Democratic ally.

But President Obama was undeterred, promising the AFL-CIO he would "keep on pushing. "

Today, the American labour movement is dominated by the AFL-CIO, the successor to the union of unions Gompers founded in 1886.

The AFL-CIO and Change to Win want a new commission to align immigration more closely with the needs of the labour market.

Likewise, the largest U. S. labor federation, the AFL-CIO, recommends extending unemployment insurance and aid to states.

In fact, the AFL-CIO applauded sections of the speech, rather than condemning its sinister motives.

While I was in Little Rock, I won the Virginia caucuses and received the endorsement of the leaders of the AFL-CIO.

The AFL-CIO employment analysis, for its part, is extraordinarily narrow.

America's biggest labour federation, the AFL-CIO, blames imports from China for displacing millions of Americans from their jobs.

But if suitably educated, they tend to vote with their pocket books, reckons Karen Ackerman, the AFL-CIO's political director.

As we moved toward election day, the AFL-CIO finally endorsed me.

No wonder the AFL-CIO is pleased.

In April, the AFL-CIO refused for the first time to endorse me.