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# AFL-CIO Shifting Funds...to Independents?
- URL: https://ivn.us/afl-cio-shifting-funds-to-independents/
- Published: 2012-06-13T22:06:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:25:51.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

[US News](http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/06/13/afl-cio-redeploying-funds-from-obama-campaign-to-advocacy-and-infrastructure?ref=ivn.us) reports today that the mega-labor federation AFL-CIO intends to "redeploy funds" away from partisan candidates. Many will interpret the move as yet another blow to President Obama's reelection campaign. However, there is a compelling possibility for the change, according to an AFL-CIO spokesman.

> This time around, Goldstein says, the federation wants to build a more long-lasting structure, giving "different kinds of support to different candidates."And that may mean more politically independent candidates.In a May speech at the National Press Club, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka threatened to reduce support for the Democratic party and launch "an independent labor movement" if Democrats didn't more fully support the union agenda.