World & Nation
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland disclosed that he would run for a sixth term as leader of the 14.1-million-member federation at its convention this November.
Jan. 25, 1989
Business
Lane Kirkland, an intellectual union bureaucrat who championed liberal politics at home and anti-communism abroad during 16 years as president of the AFL-CIO, died Saturday of lung cancer.
Aug. 15, 1999
AFL-CIO Leaders Reelected: Federation President Lane Kirkland and other leaders of the 86-union group were reelected to two-year terms without opposition.
Oct. 7, 1993
AFL-CIO Chief Resists Pressure to Leave: Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO, says he had been disposed to retire--until other union officials pressured him not to do so.
June 3, 1995
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said that he thinks organized crime is not “a problem of any significance in the Teamsters . . . at this time.”
Feb. 23, 1989
Politics
The leader of the coalition trying to oust AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland warned Monday that unions had become “irrelevant” to the lives of most American workers.
May 23, 1995
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland has told key union supporters he will step down as head of the 13.3-million-member labor federation, perhaps as early as August, if the right candidate emerges to succeed him, union sources said Friday.
June 10, 1995
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland will be hospitalized next week for diagnosis of a growth on his kidney, Kirkland told the AFL-CIO Executive Council today.
Feb. 20, 1987
American workers are being “royally stiffed” by President Bush, who campaigned on a promise to create 30 million new jobs during his time in office, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said Monday.
Nov. 12, 1991
AFL-CIO Leaders Say Kirkland Should Go: According to a story in the Washington Post, key leaders in the AFL-CIO have concluded that it is time for Lane Kirkland to step down as president of the 14-million-member federation if organized labor is to meet the challenges of the future.
Jan. 28, 1995