(Via Yahoo! News.)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of a union representing plasterers and cement masons in the construction industry.
The 45,000-member Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association timed its announcement for Clinton’s speech Wednesday before the AFL-CIO’s Building Trades National Legislative Conference.
Union President Pat Finley said in a statement that Clinton has […]
Written on April 16, 2008 | Posted in
Democrats
(Via CNN.com.)
Sen. Barack Obama, trying for an upset in Pennsylvania’s pivotal April 22 primary, is hoping the Teamsters Union can help him reel in the state’s huge blue-collar vote.
Teamsters president Jim Hoffa, leading a convoy across Pennsylvania, told CNN that he believes the Illinois senator “can change this country.”
Obama, who hasn’t been doing well with […]
Written on April 14, 2008 | Posted in
Campaign 2008,
Democrats
(Via Newsvine - ObamaVine - Seeds.)
Since 2001, Clinton has backed pacts with Jordan, Chile, Singapore, Australia, Morocco and Oman that were opposed by numerous labor, farming and environmental groups concerned that the deals contained insufficient safeguards for American workers and consumers.
Written on April 13, 2008 | Posted in
Campaign 2008,
Democrats
(Via MyDD.)
Major debate going on in the Labor movement, here’s one view…
By now you may feel like you’ve heard quite enough of the back-and-forth between SEIU and the CNA over union representation of nurses and healthcare workers in Ohio. You may have also heard that the dispute runs deep and wide and goes back years […]
Written on April 13, 2008 | Posted in
Campaign 2008,
Democrats
(Via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.)
“The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor union organization, will announce plans Wednesday for a $53 million effort to elect a Democrat to the White House,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
“The AFL-CIO will rely on one of the oldest strategies in the political playbook: Define your opponent before your opponent defines […]
Written on March 11, 2008 | Posted in
Campaign 2008,
Republicans
