Obama win shakes up organized labor
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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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Democrats, who were heavily backed by public-employee unions, gained firm control of the state Senate and got within striking distance of displacing Republicans in the House.
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Presidential candidate Barack Obama has won the support of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union in Nevada, a coup for the Democrat that could boost his candidacy against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the state's nominating contest.
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Sen. Barack Obama is slated to pick up the endorsement of the powerful Teamsters, the second major union endorsement for the Democratic front-runner in a week, union officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Democrats rewarded organized labor Thursday for helping them retake control of Congress, approving a House bill that would make it easier to start unions against companies' wishes
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Barack Obama won the Maine Democratic caucuses Sunday, defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Candidates are wooing the union vote more aggressively than anytime in the past 20 years.
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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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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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With Howard Dean rapidly gaining momentum in his bid to become national Democratic Party chairman, the spotlight is turning toward organized labor.
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Gathering strength, Sen. Barack Obama collected a key labor endorsement and coaxed away one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegates on Friday, at the same time he criticized his rival for supporting legislation harmful to workers.
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A judge said that casino workers can caucus at special precincts, a ruling that is expected to boost  Senator Barack Obama.
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Senator Barack Obamaâs commanding victory over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton amid record-setting turnout sets the stage for a state-by-state fight.
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Barack Obama rebounded from a close  loss to Hillary Clinton and won the support of the heavily  Hispanic union representing Las Vegas casino workers on  Wednesday ahead of the next Democratic presidential contest.
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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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Democrat Barack Obama won over Iowa's butter cow lady.
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Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has won an endorsement from the Nevada chapter of the Service Employees International Union, boosting his prospects against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in Nevada's upcoming Democratic caucuses.