Executive Council Statement
1998 Membership Mobilization
… Las Vegas, NV In 1996, the AFL-CIO committed itself to an historic legislative and political program designed to "reverse the flow of money and power that has working families … a measurable number of degrees back towards working families who elect them. At our national level, we shredded the right wing’s specious "Contract With America" and fended off attacks on federal health and safety and wage standards that … Security and expand pension coverage, ensure fair wages and raise the minimum wage and, most importantly, restore the right of workers to organize. Now we face new challenges to the voices of America’s working families -- a phalanx of …