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Article: Obama, Clinton Woo Unions in Pa.
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- April 2, 2008
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Sen. Barack Obama received endorsements Wednesday from a labor union and a Democratic superdelegate, as he tried to regain the presidential campaign momentum he enjoyed before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won two large states last month.
The Illinois senator peeled off an affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which has endorsed Clinton. The Philadelphia-based affiliate, the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, claims about 150,000 members nationwide.
Its president, Henry Nicholas, announced the endorsement while introducing Obama at a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO in Philadelphia.
Nicholas, who also is an ...