SEIU expected to endorse Obama
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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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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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DES MOINES, Iowa  - U.S. 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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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she will endorse Democrat Barack Obama for president.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a  former top civil-rights enforcer in the Clinton administration,  gave his support on Wednesday to Barack Obama in the race for  the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
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The Service Employees International Union has postponed a decision on an endorsement until next month, a setback for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.
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Barack Obama is being endorsed by fellow Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee who lost to George W. Bush that year and gave up his own plans for a 2008 run a year ago.
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Bill Bradley, a former presidential hopeful and senator, planned to endorse Barack Obama for president on Sunday, Obama's aides said.
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Senator John Kerry is the first of several high-profile Democrats expected to announce their support for Senator Barack Obama.
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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&#39; presidential nominations.
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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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The Democratic candidates compete for a powerful endorsement from the service employees union.
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards won trade union backing on Monday from steelworkers and mineworkers, putting him ahead of rivals in declared union support, his campaign said.
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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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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama picked up a major endorsement on Thursday with the party's 2004 nominee John Kerry announcing he would back his presidential bid.
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Democratic presidential hopefuls on Monday brandished their labor credentials before two of the nation's more powerful unions in a hunt for endorsements.
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The United Auto Workers is expected to announce results of a member vote on Friday on a deal that auto parts maker Delphi Corp.  says it needs to exit bankruptcy, with initial results from the union's local voting units pointing toward support.