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DNC Expands Role In Labor Protests To Ohio, Indiana

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Building on the momentum in Wisconsin, where tens of thousands of protesters have turned out to oppose Republican Gov. Scott Walker's ef...

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Obama To Address AFL-CIO On Labor Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hoping to bolster the spirits of this political base and make a late-stage to working voters, President Barack Obama will address a major gathering of...

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Obama At AFL-CIO: WATCH LIVE VIDEO

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Going before groups of autoworkers and union members, President Barack Obama is trying Tuesday to assure blue-collar audiences that the economy is com...

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AFL-CIO Convention: Solidarity with Van Jones?

Brendan Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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f labor wants to promote green jobs, labor should embrace Van Jones -- publicly, loudly, and fast -- at the AFL-CIO Convention.

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Labor Gets Tough and Threatens to Cut Off Cowardly Democrats

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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The labor movement under the leadership of Richard Trumka intends to be much more aggressive in forcing Democrats to stand by their campaign promises to working people.

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Crazy Pragmatism

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 05.25.2011

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The insidious irony of the pragmatism favored by Obama and Emmanuel is that it legitimizes a delusional worldview and makes practical goals more difficult to achieve.

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Wal-Mart and the AFL-CIO Agree: The U.S. Can (and Must) Do a Better Job Fighting Poverty, Disease, and Lack of Opportunity in the Developing World

David Beckmann and Steve Radelet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Around the world, societies weakened by hunger, disease, and lack of opportunity have become more vulnerable to political instability and exploitation by extremist and militant groups.

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Philadelphia Dems and Union Leaders Won't Let Up In Getting Out The Vote

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA -- Brandon Lucas, 54, of Philadelphia has been a member of the Iron Workers Union for twenty years. His father, a Democratic committee m...

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AFL-CIO Mailer Touts Obama On Guns, Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The AFL-CIO is blasting out a new mailer to its members, trumpeting Barack Obama's credentials on a key issue of the day -- job creation -- and a pote...

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Obama Muslim Smears Fought In Union Mailer

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The nation's largest labor organization mailed 600,000 fliers to swing union voters in four states Tuesday in an effort to help Dem...

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AFL-CIO Organizing Vets Against McCain In Battleground States

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO is mobilizing union members who are military veterans to work against Republican presidential candidate John McCain and...

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Union Critical Of Obama's Top Economic Aide, Slams "Rubinomics"

The New York Times | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Acting quickly after securing his party's presidential nomination, Barack Obama picked a well-known representative of Bill Clinton's economic policies...

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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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