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United Here Pulls Out of AFL-CIO

HeadlineSep 15, 2005

In labor news, the union Unite Here has officially withdrawn from the AFL-CIO joining three other dissident unions: the Service Employees International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Food and Commercial Workers. With the defections the size of the AFL-CIO’s membership has dropped from 13 to 9 million.

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