The Laborers International Union of North America announced that it will be leaving the AFL-CIO as of June 1. The union represents about 700,000 workers in the construction industry and is already part of the Change to Win coalition, which has attracted a number of breakaway unions that cite the AFL-CIO's heavy emphasis on electoral politics and not enough emphasis on attracting more people to the labor movement.
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