The article reports on the decision of John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers of America to leave the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and extend their jurisdiction to enroll unorganized workers in any and all industries in the U.S. which Lewis chooses to designate. It discusses the possibility that Lewis may create a third labor movement in competition with the CIO and the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The article also reports on the proposed union of the AFL and the CIO.
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