Word: sweeney
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...Gore may have a lock on the votes of organized labor, but the Clinton administration's latest trade deal with China may make it harder to rouse trade union enthusiasm for electing the veep. Labor slammed the agreement Tuesday, with AFL-CIO president John Sweeney calling it a "grave mistake" and Teamsters leader James P. Hoffa denouncing it as a "slap in the face" to American and Chinese workers. Labor's hostility to the pact that all but ensures China's entry to the WTO may bode ill for Gore, who has assiduously courted labor's support since his free...
This true tale might seem to have all the narrative momentum of a lawnmower pulling the Cheops pyramid up an Alp. It does move, thanks to the script by John Roach and Mary Sweeney. It keeps finding new ways to make rural decency dramatic. But the soul of the film is in Farnsworth's eyes--great watery repositories of wisdom and regret. "The worst part of bein' old," he says, "is rememberin' when you was young." Alvin's tragic memories give perspective to the triumph of his trek, even as Farnsworth's weathered brilliance makes this movie...
...actual journey made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), seems right up Lynch's alley---quirky and Midwestern, with a lawnmower thrown in for good measure. Interestingly enough, Lynch was initially opposed to directing The Straight Story. But after reading the screenplay written by Mary Sweeney and John Roach, Lynch was won over: "[I] wasn't interested in it. I never thought I would make this story, but the screenplay turned me around. I loved...
Crowing "I always get two thirds," AFL-CIO president John Sweeney on Wednesday delivered to Al Gore the endorsement he coveted, that of Big Labor. "More than any other national leader," the resolution shoved through by Sweeney read, "Al Gore has used the power of his office to defend the freedom of workers to choose a union, free from interference by their employers." For Gore, who?ll get a stump-thumping grassroots organization that his excitement-deprived campaign sorely needs ?- and one that has $40 million to spend ?- the endorsement couldn?t have come at a better time...
...despite the collective wrangling of Sweeney, Bill Clinton and Gore himself, 2.2 million of Gore?s 13 million new friends are sending just that message. The Teamsters (evidently, a presidential photo-op doesn?t hold the charm it once did) and the United Auto Workers both dissented, calling Sweeney?s dictum "a sod job" and citing southern-fried wisdom about weighing one?s pig before wrapping it. Which hardly means they were Bradley backers ? just that they wanted to soak Gore for a few more concessions before climbing aboard. In fact, what impressed Branegan was how quietly ?- and quickly...