Democratic national convention unions

• Mounting labor tensions over the site chosen for this years Democratic National Convention came to a head on Tuesday as union leaders announced a shadow convention to be held three weeks before the official event and hundreds of miles away.
(Huffington Post)
• Three weeks before the Democratic National Convention this summer, union leaders plan to hold their own shadow convention to promote labor issues they believe too many elected officials are ignoring. The union gathering in Philadelphia on Aug.
(AP - msnbc.com)
• WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks before the Democratic National Convention this summer, union leaders plan to hold their own shadow convention to promote labor issues they believe too many elected officials are ignoring.
(US News and World Report)
• "Our goal is to refocus the national discussion on the imbalance in "I'm personally surprised that they would hold the Democratic Convention in a city without a union hotel," he said.
(Los Angeles Times)
• WASHINGTON -- The AFL-CIO has told its member unions that it wont make significant contributions or host events at this years Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
(Huffington Post)
• In other words they'll spend the money without the Democratic National Committee's input An AP story dubbed the event a "shadow convention," a characterization union officials have tried to shoot down.
(Washington Examiner)
• You might have heard that the Democratic National Committee is having a bit of trouble with its big national convention planned for September in Charlotte, N.C. It starts with the words Charlotte, N.C. A city and a state that arent friendly to unions.
(The News & Observer)