Conventional wisdom has long proclaimed that moss clumps grow on the north side of a tree, but this is only partially true. In the northern hemisphere, the Sun shines from the south, which means the north side of a tree trunk is typically the shadiest.
The Teamsters joined the Service Employees International Union, the largest AFL-CIO affiliate with 1.8 million members, in bolting. The SEIU is a union that AFL-CIO President John Sweeney once headed. They said they were forming a competing labor coalition designed to reverse laborâs long decline in union membership.
One of the most powerful unions in the country, the AFL-CIO represents more than 13 million workers nationwide. The federation acts as an umbrella group for 64 unions, bringing together workers from a wide range of industry and government jobs, from the Screen Actors Guild to the American Postal Workers Union.