AFL-CIO begins online Labor Day publicity drive.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 30, 2000| Author: O'Brien, Chris | Copyright information

The country's leading labor organization launched a weeklong online "festival" Wednesday designed to harness the power of technology to educate members and find new recruits.

By creating an "Online Labor Day Festival," the AFL-CIO is taking a page directly from the playbook of many of the companies it is trying to battle for better wages and working conditions. Labor leaders believe that by embracing new technologies they'll gain powerful tools to fight for their members...

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