AFL-CIO pledges help for dems

You can expect organized labor to play an important role in efforts to elect the Gore-Lieberman ticket in November. That’s the word from John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. He says his organization will be very active in Missouri. It is one of the so-called battleground states. And Sweeney says the union will also help to try to elect Mel Carnahan in his Senate race with incumbent John Ashcroft.