Frustrated Labor

Frustrated Labor
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka as he addresses the AFL-CIO in Pittsburgh. The high hopes organized labor had for dramatic gains under Obama and a Democratic Congress have turned sour, raising fresh doubts about how much muscle unions can wield even when they're in the best of times politically. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)