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AFL CIO reform debate centers on organizing and unity
Donahue calls for more organizing funds while the old guard clings to a blue collar image. Union growth comes from low wage workers, as in a July North Carolina poultry plant vote where workers protested PPE costs and bathroom access. Wengert urges mandatory state federation affiliation, better media presence, and info sharing, with Hawkeye Labor Council remaining neutral amid a looming merger push among Rubber Workers, Machinists, UAW, Steelworkers and Mine Workers.
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Donahue
Sweeney
North Carolina
Wengert
Las Vegas
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers and Teamsters
Iowa Federation of Labor
National Labor
Kirkland
Iowa
Hawkeye Labor Council
Bob Carson
Carson
Louie Anderson
United Food and Commercial Workers
U.S. Labor Movement
Federation
Rubber Workers
United Auto Workers