Union officials said that it was highly unusual to hold an event with so many big labor names so far from the election, adding that they could not imagine doing so for the man who might be Mr. McCall's top opponent in a Democratic primary, Andrew M. Cuomo, the federal housing secretary.
Last year, Mr. Specter opposed the so-called card-check measure that would make it easier for labor unions to organize; but since then he has been working to find a compromise, which labor has so far supported.
On Friday, United reached a tentative agreement with its air traffic dispatchers' union, the fourth labor deal so far.
Wielding cellphones and keyboards, members of China's emerging labor movement so far seem to be outwitting official censors in an effort to build broad support for what they say is a war against greedy corporations and their local government allies.
"It's a sad commentary that Yale has the worst labor relations so far as I know of any employer in America other than Major League Baseball," said John Wilhelm, a Yale graduate who is president of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, the parent of three of the four union locals on strike.
Williams and the teams he works with have filed over 300 labor cases so far, many class actions.
A Resilient Labor Market But so far, none of this volatility has spilled over into the labor market, which remains healthy by almost every measure.
"It feels like a labor of love so far.
He had wanted $32.5 million in concessions from the county's labor unions, but so far, the unions have been unwilling to go along.
Maine Governor Paul LePage (R), who's already sparked a high-profile battle with the state's labor groups, went so far as to mention workers comp reform in his inaugural address.
