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...amendment. Faced with the sudden opposition, NOW began to organize a public relations and election campaign in states that had not voted for ratification. Overcoming labor's 50-year opposition to such an amendment, NOW in late 1973 managed to win endorsement of the ERA from the AFL-CIO. The 2,400-member Coalition of Labor Union Women that was formed last spring to end sex discrimination in union hiring, wages and job classification also endorsed it. The American Bar Association resolved last summer at its annual convention to "approve and affirmatively act" toward the ERA'S ratification...
...first surprising thing about the convention--the one that almost got old stalwarts like Al Barkan of the AFL-CIO's Committee on Political Education to walk out--was its renewed, if modified, support for affirmative action to make sure minorities, women and young people are represented within the party. On the face of it, this kind of equal-representation issue might seem tough for people who call themselves Democrats to oppose. But since the labels people give themselves are generally less important than their backgrounds, it's not too surprising that one wing of affirmative action's supporters...
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...that AFL-CIO President George Meany has passed the word that the new Congressmen are honor-bound to reciprocate or face labor's wrath in the next election. Does Mr. Meany feel that he has bought their votes on labor-oriented bills with AFL-CIO campaign contributions? If a Congressman does not vote on a bill solely on its own merits because of these donations, then it sounds like bribery...
TIME'S description of AFL-CIO lobbying [Nov. 25] is grossly inaccurate. We don't beg or threaten. We expect members of Congress to keep the promises they made to the voters...