Democrats seek to impress unions
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Democratic presidential hopefuls on Monday brandished their labor credentials and tried to outdo one another with political promises as they competed for the support of two powerful labor unions.
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With Democrats in control of Congress, labor will try to make unionizing as simple as signing a card, a move which business is already challenging as an assault on the secret-ballot process.
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Campaign aides for the leading Democratic presidential candidates have been working together on how to keep their bosses apart &#151; at least for a while.
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Democrat Hillary Clinton courted labor activists with a sharply populist theme, making the argument that the party needs to focus on results not rhetoric and that she's the candidate best able to change the nation's course.
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Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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Democrats looking for money to pay for health care priorities renewed their focus on insurers Thursday.
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On Labor Day two big unions announced they were backing Democratic candidate John Edwards for president.
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The Democratic candidates are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could serve as tiebreakers at the partyâs convention.
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Campaign aides for the leading Democratic presidential candidates have been working together on how to keep their bosses apart, at least for a while.
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Union construction workers would gain a hiring advantage for more projects under legislation the House passed Friday, the latest in a series of pro-labor measures by Democrats that President Bush has promised to veto.
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The Democratic Party's most powerful weapon is heading back into battle.
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Casino employees will be able to hold caucuses at work  after a federal judge ruled the Democratic Party can set up "at-large" precincts for the Nevada contest on the Las Vegas strip Saturday. The state teachers union challenged the plan, saying it would give employees on the strip an unfair advantage. The culinary workers union -- which supports Sen. Barack Obama -- fired back, saying the teachers wanted to give the edge to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards are the finalists for a crucial endorsement from the Service Employees International Union, one of organized labor's most powerful unions.
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Leaders of the AFL-CIO pledged yesterday to consult more widely with workers  before making a decision about endorsing a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and strongly urged individual unions not to back any candidate until later in the fall.
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Despite the candidates' pleas for endorsements, some of the most powerful labor unions are sitting on the sidelines until the presidential primaries begin to thin out the Democratic field.
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At first, legislation to raise the minimum wage loomed as a clean, quick triumph for Democrats eager to celebrate their new majority in Congress. Two months later, it stands as an early lesson in the limits of their power.
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In a sign of assertiveness, Democrats plan hours on the floor Tuesday for opponents of a key Bush nominee.