Unions to Counter Tea Party in November Campaigns, AFL-CIO Says

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Labor leaders said today they will take on the Tea Party movement in November’s congressional elections with a pro-union message for voters hurt by the recession.

“The AFL-CIO is determined that the Tea Party and its corporate backers are not going to get the final word,” Arlene Holt Baker, vice president of the 11-million member union federation, said today at a media briefing in Washington.