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WASHINGTON (AP) - Nurses from eight AFL-CIO unions are banding together in hopes of increasing their political and organizing strength, leaders announced Thursday.
The move foreshadows more coalitions within specific industries as organized labor attempts to regain clout.
About 200,000 nurses, describing themselves as RNs Working Together, are bidding to become the first union members to form such a group — called an industry coordinating committee — within the AFL-CIO. The AFL-CIO executive council will vote on recognizing the nurses' group during its winter meeting in San Diego next week.
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