People’s Weekly World - AFL-CIO to target 200 races
Posted by lreznick on August 17th, 2006
People’s Weekly World - AFL-CIO to target 200 races
CHICAGO (PAI) — The AFL-CIO is putting money and, more importantly, people into 200 political races this fall, including “every statewide U.S. Senate and governor’s race,” federation Political Director Karen Ackerman says.
In an Aug. 8 interview with reporters covering the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting here, Ackerman said labor’s involvement will stretch all the way down to the state legislative level, plus at least six referendums and “more than 50 U.S. House races.”
The concentration on the governors is a change from past years. It’s occurring because of the inaction or negative action that workers and their allies face in the GOP-controlled government in Washington, Ackerman said.
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