Unions lean toward Obama as DNC approaches
Photo credit: AP | Supporters cheer for President Barack Obama after his speech during a campaign stop on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. (Sept. 2, 2012)
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One of the Democratic get-togethers planned in Charlotte, N.C., for convention week is called "New York State Celebrates Labor." It takes place Monday night at "Strike City" -- which is not a union hall with a cute name but a bowling alley on East Trade Street, near the center of the action.
Many organized-labor leaders deny they have any choice but to back President Barack Obama for re-election....
