While interest groups throughout the country were digesting President Reagan's economic plan last week and groping toward protest or endorsement, labor leaders were practically organized for the occasion. Reagan's speech coincided with the winter meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council, a group made up of heads of 32 major unions representing 13.6 million workers. Skies were cloudy above the Bal Harbour, Fla., meeting, which was dominated by behind-the-scenes discussion of Reagan's program.
Generally, and perhaps expectably, the reviews were bad. "A high-risk gamble with the future of America" was AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland's verdict. Said he: "Workers and the poor take...
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