Rabin came to power over his Labor-rival Shimon Peres, in Israel's first American-style primary election.
He was a glamorous but divisive figure who battled labor leaders, rival politicians and countless others.
Companies even instigated labor troubles at rivals' sites and promoted disinformation campaigns charging that a rival's theater was carelessly constructed and the balcony would collapse.
But some union leaders, especially those in the rival labor federation, say they want a fresh voice leading organized labor.
Last summer, the United Farm Workers, which claims 27,000 members, joined those other unions in forming a rival labor federation, the Change to Win Coalition.
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and Change to Win, the rival labor federation, campaigned all out for Mr. Obama, with labor leaders saying that unions and their political action committees spent nearly $450 million during the race.
By Norman C. Lipton and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, October 30, 1937 P. 17 Down in the fur district there was a skirmish between rival labor factions, which resulted in a large, calm, patrolman's appearing on the scene and makingone arrest.
The New Yorker, October 30, 1937 P. 17 Down in the fur district there was a skirmish between rival labor factions, which resulted in a large, calm, patrolman's appearing on the scene and makingone arrest.
Carrefour, whose operating profit in Belgium is estimated at 1.3 percent, says it suffers from a higher hourly labor cost than its rivals.
Unflattering characteristics, new elements of their record, gaffes and embarrassing biographical details – all can take on outsize importance as rival campaigns labor through the spring and summer to create perceptions that stick with voters through Election Day.
