Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich of Ohio drew enthusiastic applause for his remarks against the war in Iraq to the Building and Construction Trades union yesterday.
(kevin wolf/associated press)
Antiwar theme plays well to labor group
Builders union cheers remarks by Democrats
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich of Ohio drew enthusiastic applause for his remarks against the war in Iraq to the Building and Construction Trades union yesterday.
(kevin wolf/associated press)
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidates pledged their support for labor rights before a builders union yesterday, but the war in Iraq cast a shadow over the session, with union members shouting down a Republican lawmaker who backed the war and cheering Democrats who promised to get the United States out of Iraq. (Full article: 656 words)
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