West Virginia AFL–CIO explained

WV AFL–CIO
Location Country:	United States
Affiliation:	AFL–CIO
Members:	80,000
Full Name:	West Virginia AFL–CIO
Founded:	1957
Headquarters:	Charleston, WV
Key People:	Joshua D. Sword, president
Website:	www.wvaflcio.org

West Virginia AFL–CIO is the West Virginia state affiliate of the AFL–CIO. The West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL–CIO, was created in 1957.

It has about 80,000 members. It supports health care reform and helped to organize a rally in favor of reform on August 2, 2009.^[1] It also participated in a rally promoting the "Employee Free Choice Act" and drawing attention to job losses in West Virginia in March 2009.^{[2] [3]}

References

• News: W.Va. labor unions pick up members in 2008, report says. Hohmann. George . January 31, 2009. Charleston Daily Mail. 2009-08-04.
• West Virginia AFL–CIO

External links

• West Virginia AFL–CIO

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unions rally for health-care reform. Nyden. Paul J. . August 2, 2009. Charleston Gazette. 2009-08-04.
2. News: Labor organization, workers to rally at Capitol Wednesday. March 3, 2009. Charleston Daily Mail. 2009-08-04.
3. News: Crowd, leaders' cry at rally is 'Buy American'. Knezevich. Alison . March 5, 2009. The Charleston Gazette. 2009-08-04.