Edwards gets fresh union backing
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards won labor union backing on Monday from steelworkers and mineworkers, putting him ahead of rivals in declared union support, his campaign said.
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A top union leader says it's time for Democratic presidential candidates to get up close and personal with union members.
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DES MOINES. Dec. 17 -- Former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) has been here before, looking up at the front-runners and hoping for a late surge to propel his candidacy.
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Democrat John Edwards is using the final phase of his bid to win Iowa's caucuses to assure undecided voters that he has the tenacity for a campaign against the GOP presidential nominee.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday encouraged his supporters to donate to his campaign in response to "hateful" comments from conservative author Ann Coulter
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Sen. Barack Obama is expected to be endorsed Friday by the Service Employees International Union, one of the nation's most powerful, union officials have told The Associated Press
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Major union endorsements made early in the 2004 and 2008 Democratic presidential primaries:
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - John Edwards just keeps on running. He hasn't won a single contest in the Democratic race for the U.S. presidential nomination but the millionaire lawyer with the movie star smile still hopes to be a player in the November election.
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John Edwards is the forgotten man in the race for the Democratic nomination, but he's not an inconsequential candidate.
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The United Food and Commercial Workers endorsed Senator Barack Obama on Thursday, while members of another giant, the Service Employees International Union, were casting votes Thursday night.
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Despite racking up almost all of the endorsements from organized labor, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards came in behind Barack Obama Â the only Democratic front-runner with no national union support Â in the Iowa caucuses. That left at least one union looking for a new candidate Friday.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards took his third-place New Hampshire finish in stride on Tuesday, pledging to carry his battle forward despite difficult odds. "I am in this race until the convention," he told supporters.
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Major labor endorsements made early in the 2004 and 2008 Democratic presidential primary:
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One of the biggest U.S. trade unions made an unusual dual endorsement in the 2008 White House race on Thursday, backing Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee for their parties' presidential nominations.
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One of the most influential unions in politics is giving Democrats running for president the once over.
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The Massachusetts council of the Service Employees International Union on Thursday joined 10 other state chapters endorsing Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. ' record on health care.
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Democratic presidential front-runner  Hillary Clinton picked up the first national labor endorsement  of the 2008 White House race on Tuesday, winning the support of  the 125,000-member United Transportation Union.