With vocal opposition to his leadership and continued threats to the U.S. labor movement by business and government, John Sweeney is facing a difficult summer as head of the AFL-CIO. Though it appears that he will win re-election in July, the largest union in his federation has threatened to secede, along with several others. No resolution is in sight for the labor movement, which would face a bitter divide were the AFL-CIO to break apart.
See "A Summer of Discontent for Labor Focuses on Its Leader's Fitness for His Job", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, May 30, 2005