Analysis: Organized labor in a debate over its survival

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MELISSA BLOCK, ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
03-03-2005
Analysis: Organized labor in a debate over its survival

Host: MELISSA BLOCK, ROBERT SIEGEL
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

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And I'm Robert Siegel.

After decades of decline, organized labor is engaged in a fierce debate over its survival. In one camp stands Andy Stern, a brash, Ivy League-educated union leader; in the other, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, a soft-spoken 70-year-old who leads by consensus. Stern has threatened to ...

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