American labor's contemporary political activities—lobbying, organizing election workers, raising political funds, and attempts to persuade members to vote for favored candidates—have not since the 1960s proved effective in influencing public policy in ways that labor favors. As a consequence, in the 1980s organized labor has turned to deliberate efforts to control the selection of the Democratic party's nominee for president. Whether the result will be a Democratic-Labor party contending for electoral and legislative victories or a politically weakened labor movement that is simply another minority lobby cannot now be predicted with assurance.
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