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AFL-CIO Foreign Policy and N.E.D. Money

New Labor Beat video. The AFL-CIO needs to change how it gets money for foreign policy programs. Union activists at recent AFL-CIO convention try to get resolution on the floor. Cablecast and ordering information.
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"The AFL-CIO's Foreign Policy and N.E.D. Money"

Prior to the AFL-CIO Convention in Chicago, rank-and-file workers held a protest and discussion about the need to reform the AFL-CIO's foreign policy and the influence upon it from funding from the National Endowment for Democracy. Hear Kim Scipes, Labor Educator on the AFL-CIO and international politics, discuss the history of the AFL's involvement with the foreign policy interest of American Imperialism. Also, an interview with Fred Hirsch, long-time critic of AFL-CIO foreign policy, as he and other opponents of N.E.D. funding attended the 2005 AFL-CIO Convention. Includes scenes of floor discussion on foreign policy resolution and reactions of supporters of "Build Unity and Trust Among Workers Worldwide" resolution, including Jeff Crosby, North Shore (Massachusetts) Central Labor Council and member of AFL-CIO Convention Resolutions Committee. Video is 29 min.

Chicago Cablecast info:
CAN TV Chicago cable tv Channel 19
Thurs., Aug. 11, 9:30 pm
Fri., Aug. 12, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Aug. 18, 9:30 pm
Fri., Aug. 19, 4:30 pm


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Photo caption: Fred Hirsch, leader of fight for anti-N.E.D. resolution, at protest on eve of AFL-CIO Convention

Photo credit: Steve Dalber/Labor Beat

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