LABOR

AFL-CIO Leaders Say Kirkland Should Go: According to a story in the Washington Post, key leaders in the AFL-CIO have concluded that it is time for Lane Kirkland to step down as president of the 14-million-member federation if organized labor is to meet the challenges of the future. If Kirkland, who will be 73 in March, does not step down on his own, the union leaders said, they are prepared to try to force him out and replace him with current Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue, 66, until they can agree on a long-term replacement. The newspaper said that while almost all the union leaders interviewed expressed personal affection for Kirkland as an individual, they also expressed their belief that it is time for new leadership to deal with the challenges facing labor today.