Working Life

A few tidbits today from 16th Street. A good friend, deep inside 16th Street, says that based on a draft job description of the new job categories decreed by Chairman Welsh, “there is no way the AFL-CIO is going to win any arbitration because they are so similar.” My friend knows the details of the […]

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I have just been given two letters that were sent to John Sweeney yesterday by Federation workers at 16th Street in the wake of the deep cuts announced two weeks ago. Coming soon after the release of the insurgents new proposal, this cannot help John Sweeney try to stem the vibrations coursing through the AFL-CIO […]

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My post on the aftermath of the cuts at the AFL used the phrase “Black Tuesday.” In response, I got a note from a friend who is a great leader in the civil rights movement. He writes: As a point of personal privilege, could I ask you the great favor of refraining from calling the […]

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It was a grim group that crowded into the President’s Room at 16th Street at 4 p.m. yesterday. Along with many people who participated via phone, the AFL-CIO staff vented their anger at John Sweeney and Bob Welsh, his executive assistant and chief of staff, for the brutal staff cuts announced Tuesday. Black Tuesday is […]

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Okay, folks, here’s what’s coming in. Bob Welch, Sweeney’s executive assistant, and Stewart Acuff, organizing director, have held conference calls with respective staff members (there was a major foul-up with the first call with Welch so he’s scheduling another one for 3:30 p.m.). Field Moblization will be merged with the Political Department into a new […]

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