WASHINGTON — The campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is taking some heat from labor leaders.

Change to Win executive director Greg Tarpinian spoke out about reports that Clinton’s chief campaign strategist Mark Penn met Monday with Colombia’s ambassador regarding the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

“It’s time…

WASHINGTON — One little-noticed but fascinating cleavage in labor’s political effort this year is the battle between the AFL-CIO unions and those belonging to Change to Win.

The former have been split among the various candidates, with the largest chunk…

WASHINGTON — The Change to Win labor federation, which broke away from the AFL-CIO two years ago, Thursday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president. Anna Burger, who leads the federation, made the announcement in a conference call with reporters.

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