But it did not want to violate a limit on so-called electioneering communication by corporations and unions within thirty days of a primary election.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Since the nineteen forties, the traditional place for political speech by American unions and companies has been through political action committees.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for independent spending by businesses and labor unions in political campaigns.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Companies,labor unions and other organizations may now spend as they wish on independent efforts to elect or defeat candidates.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Mother Jones believed that unions represented the best hope for coal miners and other workers to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Woody Guthrie was a voice for labor unions and striking workers and families beaten down by the Great Depression in the nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Cesar Chavez had built a nationwide coalition of support among unions, church groups,students, minorities and other Americans.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

But labor unions and progressive groups tried to defeat her for opposing a "public option."

VOA: special.2010.06.12

Lawmakers in Indiana,Michigan and Ohio have also proposed limits on unions representing public employees.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

Women,labor unions,religious groups, political groups,scientists and environmental organizations would also support the event.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Instead,it tied together a number of different unions and gave them general leadership.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Many people turned strongly against labor unions and leftists.

VOA: special.2010.12.02

His plans for an interim government have been rejected by a coalition of political parties,trade unions, and civil society groups.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Some police,Coast Guard members and firefighters joined labor unions on the streets demanding "real jobs and higher pay."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

The high court is expected to rule soon on a case unresolved from last term involving long-standing restrictions on corporations and labor unions contributing to political candidates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The main opposition coalition of political parties, civil society groups, and trade unions organized the strike to remember those killed, beaten,and raped by members of Guinea's military on September 28.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Leaders of the South Africa's opposition political parties, labor unions and health-care professions praised President Zuma for launching an ambitious program to test 15 million South Africans for the HIV/AIDS virus by June of next year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

"We will gather CEO's and small business owners, economists and financial experts, as well as representatives from labor unions and nonprofit groups,to talk about how we can work together to create jobs and get this economy moving again,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12