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...GORE Tin man cuts smart nuke ad, finally gets AFL-CIO nod. Now all he needs is a heart...
...national labor leader--or at least one with whom you could be seen in public. In fact, it was Clinton, not labor, who pushed hard for the invitation. If there was any loser, it was AL GORE. Hoffa remained firmly in the camp of those who want the AFL-CIO to withhold its early support for Gore, which could hurt the Vice President dearly. Gore needs labor's backing and, most important, its dollars to shore up his flagging fund-raising efforts. Now Gore will have to spend time and money courting the leaders whose support seemed certain just weeks...
Crowing "I always get two thirds," AFL-CIO president John Sweeney on Wednesday delivered to Al Gore the endorsement he coveted, that of Big Labor. "More than any other national leader," the resolution shoved through by Sweeney read, "Al Gore has used the power of his office to defend the freedom of workers to choose a union, free from interference by their employers." For Gore, who?ll get a stump-thumping grassroots organization that his excitement-deprived campaign sorely needs ?- and one that has $40 million to spend ?- the endorsement couldn?t have come at a better time...
...citing southern-fried wisdom about weighing one?s pig before wrapping it. Which hardly means they were Bradley backers ? just that they wanted to soak Gore for a few more concessions before climbing aboard. In fact, what impressed Branegan was how quietly ?- and quickly ? the rest of the AFL-CIO went along. "It seems to be a very enlightened group," he says. "Both Bradley and Gore are free-traders ? Gore?s biggest moment was defending NAFTA against Perot ? and there hasn?t been a word about that." Of course, George W. Bush?s own dad was the father of NAFTA...
...each year gives 2,000 Massachusetts grade school youngsters a chance to learn about and see colleges. In 1991, when Kids to College began, there were about 20 such programs in the country. Today, she says, there are more than 1,000, including ones sponsored by Exxon and the AFL-CIO...