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Teachers And Other Labor Unions Adjust To New Reality Under Obama

AP | By SAM HANANEL | Posted 11.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help bo...

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Obama Faces Liberal Backlash

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 10.19.2011

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WASHINGTON — Liberals argue that he caved on the debt ceiling. Unions are upset over his handling of unemployment and labor issues. Hispanics br...

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Obama Shies Away From Union Protests

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Union leaders urged Vice President Joe Biden during a White House meeting last month to go to Wisconsin and rally the faithful in t...

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Obama Executes Above-The-Fray Strategy On High-Profile Issues

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Call it an above-the-fray strategy. On hot issues that Democrats and Republicans have found cause to fret about – from spend...

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Obama Meeting CEOs -- Now How About Workers?

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Jesse Jackson

Meeting with CEOs is always a good idea for presidents, but this nation also needs a National Summit on Poverty, Economic Disparity and Shared Prosperity.

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Cesar Chavez, Icon or Not?

Maurice Jourdane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maurice Jourdane

If Chavez failed to build a long-lasting union, it was not because of administrative ineptness or an effort to preserve dictatorial control.

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Unions Hold Firm on Employee Free Choice Act, Buoyed by Tough Ads, White House Support

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Art Levine

An aggressive new ad campaign launched Sunday against the lies about the Employee Free Choice Act have clearly boosted the union cause.

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Obama Endorsed By Government Employees Union

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The American Federation of Government Employees endorsed Barack Obama Friday, giving the Illinois senator fresh momentum toward cap...

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Top Labor Figure: Hillary Should Consider Withdrawing

USA Today | Mark Memmott | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Change To Win federation, seven unions representing 40 million workers, today endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president. "We want a president w...

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Change To Win Endorses Obama

Washington Post's The Fix | Chris Cillizza | Posted 05.25.2011

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Change To Win has officially decided to throw its endorsement behind Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), according to Anna Burger, the chair of the group. "C...

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Union That Endorsed Edwards Switches To Obama

NY Times' The Caucus | Steven Greenhouse | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Transport Workers Union, which represents 140,000 active workers, is expected to announce Friday that it will become the first union that had back...

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Obama Wins Key Support Of Nevada's Largest Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fresh from a second-place showing in the New Hampshire primary, Barack Obama won a key endorsement in Nevada Wednesday from the state's influential Cu...

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Obama Only Top Dem Without National Union Endorsement

Associated Press | Jesse Holland | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's appeal among Democrats is undeniable. He's near the top of every poll and he packs rooms wherever he goes. But a vital piece of the Dem...

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