Michaeli meets US labor leader in bid to improve ties with progressives
The meeting was an opportunity to renew ties between Israel's Labor Party and the labor movement in the US at a time when progressives are becoming increasingly influential in the Democratic Party.
Labor leader Merav Michaeli (center) meets in Washington on Monday with Liz Shuler (left), the president of the AFL-CIO and Randi Weingarten (right), the president of the American Federation of Teachers.(photo credit: AFL-CIO)ByGIL HOFFMAN