Happy Labor Day!This is the national holiday set aside to recognize the efforts and contributions of America's Workforce. 
So I want to revisit my interview almost a quarter-century ago with the man who was America's top labor leader for 14 years. 
John Sweeney was president of the AFL-CIO. I met him in 1996, about a year after he assumed the presidency of the Union.

Happy Labor Day!This is the national holiday set aside to recognize the efforts and contributions of America's Workforce. So I want to revisit my interview almost a quarter-century ago with the man who was America's top labor leader for 14 years. John Sweeney was president of the AFL-CIO. I met him in 1996, about a year after he assumed the presidency of the Union.

Happy Labor Day!This is the national holiday set aside to recognize the efforts and contributions of America's Workforce.&nbsp;
So I want to revisit my interview almost a quarter-century ago with the man who was America's top labor leader for 14 years.&nbsp;
John Sweeney was president of the AFL-CIO. I met him in 1996, about a year after he assumed the presidency of the Union.

John Sweeney

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