The AFL-CIO, Communism & Right-to-Work in Missouri

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  April 29th at 08:00 AM  | 

There was a time when Communism was anathema to the U.S. labor movement. However, that ship has long since sailed. In fact, the tide shifted significantly in 1995 when John Sweeney, Richard Trumka and Linda Chavez-Thompson ousted Lane Kirkland and took over the AFL-CIO. Following their ascension to the leadership of America’s only (until 2005) federation of unions, the AFL-CIO dropped its ban of Communist Party members | Read More »