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Tasini to Host Edwards
Jonathan Tasini did not fare too well against Hillary Clinton in last year’s Democratic primary for Senate. But he is not done with Clinton yet: the Labor Research Association, of which Tasini is executive director, will have Clinton presidential rival John Edwards as the keynote speaker at its 30th annual dinner.
Tasini said the former North Carolina senator and 2004 vice presidential nominee was the group’s first-choice speaker because his pro-labor stance aligned with the group’s trade union advocacy ideology.
“Edwards has been a great friend of labor,” Tasini said. “I think he has a very strong claim on being the labor candidate in 2008, but that will be up for the individual unions to decide.”
Greg Tarpinian, executive director of the Change To Win Federation and a former Labor Research Association executive director, will receive a Labor Award during the event.
The response to the annual fundraiser has been so far strong and Tasini expects additional attendees to RSVP in the coming month for the event, scheduled for April 11 at Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel.
—Natalie Pifer