AFL
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
AFL see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations .
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AFL: League signs deals with Betfair and TAB Sportsbet
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... at all levels, from grass roots through to the senior AFL competition." AFL rules forbid players and club officials from betting ... bodies. "Legally we are allowed to offer betting on the AFL without having a licence in Australia and without having an agreement with the AFL," he said. "What we've ...
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The CIO without the CIA.(AFL-CIO's international labor activities)
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... unions and their foreign counterparts while serving as the AFL-CIO's eyes and ears on the ground in other nations. If ... It helps us act as if we were global. Tim Beaty, the AFL-CIO's deputy director of international affairs, speaks ... to visit the Korean-owned factory in Mexico. When the AFL-CIO confronts ...
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AFL: Lethal slams AFL's betting links
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AFL: Lethal slams AFL's betting links By Jim Morton BRISBANE, March 31 AAP - Brisbane coach Leigh Matthews has slammed the AFL's official involvement with gambling as "unhealthy, unsavoury and unfortunate ...
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AFL: Free agency on the AFL backburner
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AFL: League wins drug name case
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JOHN SWEENEY PRESIDENT, AFL-CIO JOHN SWEENEY HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE ON JOBS AND THE ECONOMY
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AFL-CIO PRESIDENT JOHN SWEENEY AND TREASURER RICHARD TRUMKA HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON JOBS AND THE ECONOMY ... SPEAKERS: JOHN SWEENEY PRESIDENT, AFL-CIO RICHARD TRUMKA TREASURER, AFL-CIO [*] SWEENEY: Good morning ... s good news and there's bad news. The good news is that as we sit ...
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AFL-CIO officer takes the Fifth: According to rule, Trumka should go.(A)
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AFL: AFL defends drug code despite government criticism
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AFL: AFL defends drug code despite government criticism MELBOURNE, May 21 AAP - Two federal ministers will meet with the AFL to demand tougher policies for dealing with players who test positive to illicit ...
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AFL-CIO Has Money Problems; Labor Federation Could Be Forced to Lay Off Staff, President Acknowledges
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AFL: Cousins to take his time until 2009
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The AFL-CIO is dipping into HR functions while trying ... down to interview Nancy Mills, director of the AFL-CIO's Center for Workplace Democracy, the labor ... The work being done to the structure of the AFL-CIO's headquarters is an apt metaphor for the ...
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AFL: Titans boss sees hope for Gold Coast AFL team
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AFL: Tough criteria handed AFL Gold Coast bid
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