John Sweeney Was Our Era’s Most Influential Labor Leader

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BILL FLETCHER JR 
FERNANDO E. GAPASIN
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The late AFL-CIO leader John Sweeney was an admirable figure who had a vision for reinvigorated US labor unions. But he only tried to reform a union movement that needed a more fundamental refoundation.
 
Essay in Jacobin Magazine.
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/john-sweeney-obituary-seiu-afl-cio-labor
 
Of course John Sweeney was a member of DSA for a number of years. It was not a part of his leadership of the AFL-CIO.
This history is important in understanding labor’s past, present and future. 

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