The Voice of Labor

Organized labor looks to be well-organized for politics in advance of November’s US presidential election. Backed by vast war chests and armies of volunteers, unions address workers’ concerns over soaring prices at home and growing competition overseas. Given labor’s strength in key Midwestern swing states and amongst blue-collar whites in general, these efforts to cast the election as a referendum on the failures of the Bush-era economy could help deliver victory to Barack Obama. – YaleGlobal