[Mb-civic] AFL-CIO Convention Results in Major Split

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All of the unions now from the left to the right of the AFL-CIO are now on record saying that they want U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq as soon as possible. That's going to mean that all of these unions are going to financially support the peace movement from now on, and I think that's going to be a big boost to the peace movement. 



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The AFL-CIO labor convention in Chicago this week has seen the largest rupture in the US labor movement for more than fifty years. Democracy Now! co-host and New York Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez talks about the implications. [includes rush transcript]
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