2 unions expected to quit AFL-CIO.

Publication: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Publication Date: 25-JUL-05

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Byline: Jane M. Von Bergen

Jul. 25--CHICAGO - Two of the nation's major labor unions are expected today to quit the AFL-CIO, which would create one of the biggest splits in organized labor in decades, officials here said yesterday.

The unions and two others said they would boycott the AFL-CIO convention that opens today, 50 years after the labor federation was founded. The four unions represent about a third of the federation's total 12.9 million members.

"Today will be remembered as the rebirth of union strength in America," said Anna Burger, president of Change to Win, a coalition of boycotting unions that have vowed to reform the labor movement - outside the AFL-CIO if necessary.

The four major unions include Burger's organization, the Service...

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