Summary
Sen. Joseph Biden, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Christopher Dodd, former Sen. John Edwards, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Bill Richardson fielded questions during the 96-minute presidential forum hosted by the AFL-CIO, moderated by Keith Olbermann, broadcast live by MSNBC and XM Satellite Radio, and watched by 960,000 people. According to the AFL-CIO, the healthcare campaign joins the federation's "ongoing efforts to restore workers' freedom to form unions and bargain collectively through passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and the new AFL-CIO program to win An Economy that Works for All.'" Speculation over an AFL-CIO presidential endorsement was quieted the day after the forum when the federation's 47-member executive council announced that it was not going to make an endorsement at this time.
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Questioning the Candidates
More than 17,000 spectators gathered at Soldier Field Stadium in Chicago Aug. 7 to watch seven Democratic presidential hopefuls tackle the issues that are foremost on the minds of America's working families.
The forum was a historical moment for the labor movement. Sen. Joseph Biden...See the full content of this document
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