Unions look for a winner when endorsing
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They've walked picket lines, denounced trade agreements, bashed corporations and curried favor with unions large and small. In joint appearances with other Democratic candidates, they routinely get the loudest applause from the union rank and file.
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One might expect Republican senators to cheer the prospect of a colleague becoming the party's presidential nominee.
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Match the performers with the presidential candidates they played for or otherwise supported. Hint: Some candidates here are associated with more than one performer or group.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is getting the endorsement of two unions, the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America, on Labor Day.
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From union swing voters to retirees, organized labor is trying to wring out every vote possible for John Kerry in November.
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On Labor Day two big unions announced they were backing Democratic candidate John Edwards for president.
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Unions seeking to make employers recognize them without secret-ballot elections are portraying a test vote in the Senate as only an early skirmish in their drive to make it easier to get a better foothold in workplaces.
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The state that was intended to highlight union strength in the Democratic presidential nomination process instead is putting the spotlight on labor's largest fear: Picking the wrong horse.
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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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Rival union federations have agreed to coordinate get-out-the-vote and other efforts for November.
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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. In 2004, Democratic presidential hopefuls seeking the endorsement of the nation's fastest growing labor union faced the "hang test" &#151; before delivering their stump speeches, they had to hang out with 25 union members for an hour to show how well they could connect with real people.
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Major labor endorsements made in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary:
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Sen. Barack Obama is expected to receive the backing of a major service workers union Friday, a significant boost to the Illinois Democrat's campaign that comes amid signs that his rival's support among superdelegates may be slipping.
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Barack Obama has won the backing of the United Food and Commercial Workers, a politically active union with half of its 1.3 million members in the Democratic presidential battleground of Ohio.
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Top officials from the United Automobile Workers union are lobbying members hard for approval because a rejection would send them back to the bargaining table.
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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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John J. Sweeney is facing his first serious challenge as he seeks a fourth term -- and it is from his own base, the labor left. The AFL's 60 member unions will meet in July to choose the next president, but the struggle for votes has already begun.