Sweeney under new fire for weakening AFL-CIO finances

The AFL-CIO President, John J. Sweeney and his administration has hit a low point in 2001 elections when the carpenters union withdrew its 520,000 members from the AFL-CIO for leadership differences with Sweeney. Sweeney, hoped to prevent the proposals from the carpenter's union by seeking recommendations to be considered by the AFL-CIO's Executive Council.