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Unions working to get everyone on board for Obama

AP — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:28:22 +0000

From the very start, unions loved Hillary Rodham Clinton. It took a while, but after a long courtship organized labor’s leaders are now fully behind Barack Obama in hopes a new Democratic administration can reverse their decade-long decline...

Organized labor reunites to votes for Obama

AP — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:39:53 +0000

After years of hard feelings following a difficult split, the nation’s organized labor movement came back together Sunday at the Democratic National Convention to urge its members to vote for Barack Obama in hopes of changing the nation’s labor policies.

Story Brief/Preview: TRG, Corporate Responsibility, Union Busting?, and More

GlobalPunditOrg — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:10:47 +0000

Story Brief: TRG, Corporate Responsibility, Union Busting?, and More AT&T, Barack Obama, Canadian Law, Corporate Responsibility, India, International Politics, International Steelworkers, Labour movements, Peter Kormos, RBC Insurance, Reliance...

AFL-CIO to help dispel rumors about Obama

AP — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:30:19 +0000

The nation’s largest labor organization mailed 600,000 fliers to swing union voters in four states Tuesday in an effort to help Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama correct some of the most persistent rumors about...

AFL-CIO endorses Obama for president

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:56:44 +0000

The AFL-CIO has endorsed Barack Obama for president, uniting the nation’s 15 million union workers behind the presumed Democratic candidate.The long-expected announcement was made Thursday after an unanimous vote by the labor federation’s 56 unions.The...

AFL-CIO getting ready to endorse Obama

AP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:33:10 +0000

The AFL-CIO is preparing to give its stamp of approval to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.The leaders of the nation’s largest labor organization started voting Tuesday on whether to endorse the Illinois senator. The election,...

AFL-CIO voting on Obama endorsement

AP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:12:17 +0000

The AFL-CIO is on the verge of endorsing Barack Obama for president.The leaders of the nation’s largest labor organization started voting Tuesday on whether to endorse Obama’s presidential nomination. Voting, which is being done by fax,...

Industrial Homicide

Byron Clark — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:25:58 +0000

Recently one thousand people rallied in Manukau City Square in response to the three murders that have happened in the past fortnight; a shopkeeper in Manurewa was shot during a robbery, an elderly woman was beaten by a home intruder and another...

Obama promises "bottom-up" economic growth

AP — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:48:55 +0000

Democrat Barack Obama told union leaders Thursday that he will pursue economic policies that benefits workers if elected president, but he also will seek input from corporate leaders.”The economy is not working the way it should be, and...

Obama to seek AFL-CIO, labor backing in meetings

AP — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:40:45 +0000

Democrat Barack Obama is moving quickly this week in hopes of unifying the nation’s labor movement behind his candidacy.The presumed nominee is scheduled to meet with AFL-CIO leaders on Wednesday, and with all union leaders _ of AFL-CIO and...