Labor movement fearing the worst from new administration.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: February 15, 2001| Author: Polman, Dick | COPYRIGHT 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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LOS ANGELES _ In the dimly lit hotel bar, Karen Ackerman stared glumly at her ginger ale and pondered the rough road she sees ahead for the labor movement.

"We're going to see a whole rash of anti-union activity," she said, referring to the Bush administration and Republican-led Congress. "There will be efforts to restrict our membership and our activism. There will be new investigations. All because of the good job that we have been doing in the poli...

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