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Kirkland and Conway Sustain AFL-CIO Unity in Washington
Kirkland and Conway, two midcareer labor leaders, coordinate the AFL-CIO effort in Washington to keep the union era intact. They back Meany and Reuther in coordinating eight affiliates with General Electric and Westinghouse while shaping labor's political and policy influence.
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Kirkland
Conway
Afl-Cio
Washington
Walter Reuther
Meany
Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Lane Kirkland
Reuther-led
Industrial Union Department
Detroit
Kirkland and
Labor
Volved
General Electric
Westinghouse
UAW
White House
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
N.Y
Labor Department
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Citizens’ Crusade Against
Alliance of
Church, Civil Rights
Auto Workers
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Republican Party
International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
U. S. Lines and Lykes Steamship Co
University of Chicago
Chicago
General Motors
New Frontier
Great Society
IUD
House of Labor