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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the group would not endorse any 2016 Democratic candidate who continued President Obama's economic policies. (associated press)

Unions shun national Democrats, shift campaign cash to state, local races

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald speaks at a news conference after his football team participated in an NCAA college spring football practice in Evanston, Ill. Fitzgerald sided with his university against the formation of a players union in his first public comments Saturday, April 1, repeating what he already told his team: "I believe it's in their best interests to vote no." (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Big win but a long road ahead for college union

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

Former Northwestern University football quarterback Kain Colter, right, Ramogi Huma, founder and President of the National College Players Association left, and Tim Waters, Political Director of the United Steel Workers, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April, 2, 2014. Members of a group seeking to unionize college athletes are looking for allies on Capitol Hill as they brace for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union. Colter _ the face of a movement to give college athletes the right to unionize _ and Ramogi Huma, the founder and president of the National College Players Association, scheduled meetings Wednesday with lawmakers. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Union says other college teams in play

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press