While all the unions opposed granting PNTR to China, some opposed it passionately and others barely cared. If you ask the members about PNTR , they are overwhelmingly opposed. But it was not one of the top twenty issues they cared about. After the House voted in May to grant PNTR to China, Sweeney tried once again to pull the federation together in support of Gore, but trade kept getting in the way. Gore comes out and selects Bill Daley to run his fucking campaign without telling John Sweeney.
People are very angry.
In Indiana, representatives to the state federation of labor are trying to revoke its endorsement of Democratic Representative Julia Carson because she voted for pntr. The Midwestern region of unite wants Ralph Nader included in the presidential debates. Unless Sweeney can convince his constituents not only to support Gore but to support him passionately, that staffer may get his wish.