The proposed reorganization would sweep away a lot of small unions as if they were debris on the factory floor.

The shock troops of the poverty program are gone - unions smaller and less effective, same for the big civil rights groups.

And a smaller union said its members would continue the protest as well.

After struggling to become an independent the small union faced a number of challenges.

This school has a small but active union and every student is invited to join.

Its original two main objectives were to gain more members and to absorb smaller unions.

The offer was accepted by smaller unions Sunday night, and a number of truckers went to work.

The small union at the shoe factory north of town had called a strike.

The loss in membership would be even greater if not for the merger of smaller unions into the Teamsters.

He also began affiliating many small, independent unions to help bolster his membership numbers.