Encouraging noises in the US that the two union federations who split in 2005 may be starting to consider reunification, to make the most of the potential for change the new administration is bringing with it. Grassroots site Labor Notes is running a slightly irreverent contest to name the possible merger.
AFL-CIO-CTW was a bit of a mouthful, so I looked at anagrams. Acct If Low wasn’t bad advice for kicking off the mother of all organising drives, and If Two Calc or Wilco Fact, displayed a recognition of the logic behind a merger. All better than Waft Colic anyways, and we’ll leave I Acct Fowl and I Cowl Fact to Richard Berman.
It depends where they want to go really. I’d suggest something with gravitas – acronyms with long words are good. Trendier names (something like Union America) might tend to date more, and make it look like a narrow-focus lobby group or PAC. If politics means they can’t take the opportunity to shrink to American Labor Federation, then maybe American Labor Congress, to emphasise unity of the groups? It’s boring sure, but after all the excitement they’ve had recently, that’s no bad thing.