Campaign intensifies in Battleground Ohio
Polls continued to show this past weekend that Mitt Romney is falling behind in Ohio, with President Obama now doing 50 percent or better.
Unions say Pennsylvania can’t handle Voter ID demand
Labor unions have piles of evidence they say prove the law cannot be implemented without blocking the votes of as many as 750,000 people.
Virginia: Democrats inch forward but it's still close
Virginia is seen as a key swing state for the elections. Recent polls show Obama and the Democrats advancing, but nobody is counting on this.
Dallas leads Texas in Labor Day celebrations
What a Labor Day weekend! Of the 13 Labor Day activities listed by the Texas AFL-CIO, the Big D may have had the best ones.
Charlotte chant: "We are union, the mighty, mighty union!"
Delegates here for the Democratic National Convention applauded as union men and women marched through Charlotte in the annual Labor Day parade chanting, "We are the union, the mighty, mighty union."
Democratic Party platform backs workers' rights
The platform, up for adoption at the party's convention in Charlotte, N.C., so strongly backs workers' rights that it virtually endorses the Employee Free Choice Act,.
Labor against extending tax cuts for top earners
The AFL-CIO is "strongly against" extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent of the nation's earners, but fears congressional Democrats may blink on the issue, Legislative Director Bill Samuel says.
Shadowy Republican Super PAC to spend millions on GOTV
A well financed - and shadowy - Republican Super PAC has arrived on the scene.
GOP stalls Violence Against Women Act renewal
Renewal of the Violence Against Women Act is tied up in Congress. The reason: Republicans.
Sandra Fluke campaigning hard for Obama
Sandra Fluke, who has become a national figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights, is campaigning hard now for the re-election of President Obama.
