Sweeney Under New Fire For Weakening AFL-CIO Finances.

This article reports that AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney is under fire once again. The embattled labor chief appeared to have appeased union presidents seeking drastic changes in organizing, political action and labor federation operations — or Sweeney's ouster. But new revelations that the AFL-CIO is in financial trouble, coupled with new challenges from a group of disenchanted union leaders, could spell trouble for Sweeney's July reelection bid. Sweeney's administration has been plagued for years, hitting a low point in 2001 when the carpenters' union withdrew its 520,000 members from the AFL-CIO over leadership differences with Sweeney.