AFL-CIO Facing Major Financial Woes

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AFL-CIO spokeswoman Lane Windham said employees covered by the Newspaper Guild Local 32035 decided they would rather lose pay for two days than face layoffs caused by a "budget crunch."

Other belt-tightening measures are being taken in response to a dismal economy that slammed many unions with layoffs, and to launch a "do-or-die" election effort next year to defeat a cash-flush President Bush.

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With Bush expected to pocket over $200 million in campaign contributions, "I think we know that to be able to talk to our members and in some cases nonunion voters, we're going to need a lot of resources to be heard," said Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, the largest in the AFL-CIO.

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"We're telling people for 2004 we've got to postpone a lot of this - this is kind of a do-or-die situation," McEntee said.


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[BayCityProgressive]

1. If Bush gets another four years

this country will go straight to hell.

[0007]

2. With the dollar falling rapidly it may be faster than you think!

:skull:

[pistoff democrat]

3. If Bush gets another four years,

will 'this country' really exist?

[LiberalFighter]

4. That is what monkey boy and his buddies want to happen

They want their buddies from Haliburton, Enron etc to run the country without interference from the people.

[schultzee]

5. God bless America and God darn George W. Bush.

[expatriot]

6. If W. is re-selected, I fear that the great American experiment will fail.

America has never seen a greater threat to its survival than George W. Bush.