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Sure a bit of a stretch for a rhyme, but Bostonist thought it prudent put something up here about the latest union news. Anecdotal evidence suggests that unions are quite popular in Boston. Many of Bostonist’s friends are in several different unions in the area, a couple are even those crazy union organizers. Chicagoist writes today that the Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers, and UNITE HERE are boycotting the organized labor conglomerate AFL-CIO. The boycott threatens to partition the united front of the AFL-CIO. Nearly 14 million workers in the United States and Canada in the AFL-CIO have banded together and provide endorsement support to local causes as well as Massachusetts Senator John Kerry last year in his bid for President. With the boycott, a third of the membership will be dropping out of the largest union. more ›