Victories That Are Union-Made?

• By Kate Ackley
• Roll Call Staff
• April 21, 2008, Midnight

Last week, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney took to the podium at a press conference in the Rayburn House Office Building. Flanked by two of his union’s most ardent supporters in the Congress, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.), Sweeney passionately proclaimed his opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia.