The AFL-CIO is organizing rallies around the country and overseas this week to try to energize a slumping labor movement. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said Monday that American workers have lost their right to organize -- pointing to lost manufacturing jobs, companies' increased hostility to unions and government policies that don't weaken unions' strength. Over 100 rallies are scheduled in the U.S. alone.
See "AFL - CIO Plans Worldwide Labor Rallies", Associated Press, The New York Times, December 5, 2005