(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 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
