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AFL-CIO floods battlegrounds with volunteers, flyers

October 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Labor, Presidential race, 2008
The AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 unions with 10.5 million members, announced details today of its largest-ever drive to get union voters to the polls in battlegrounds,including the late addition of West Virginia. The federation supports Democrat Barack Obama over...

SEIU airs health care ad in two battleground states

October 6th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Health, Labor, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
USA TODAY's Fredreka Schouten reports that one of the nation's largest labor unions is launching a $1 million advertising campaign today in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The ad from the 2-million-member Service Employees International Union, called "Worried Sick," slams Republican John...

AFL-CIO says McCain rich enough to ‘gamble’ with Social Security

August 14th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Labor, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The AFL-CIO aims to reach more than 1 million retirees in key swing states with a mailing that talks up Republican John McCain's personal wealth and says he can afford to "gamble" with Social Security, the liberal website TPM Election...