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Harkin, Jackson woo labor support in New Hampshire

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. -- Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa regularly brings campaign crowds to their feet with populist-tinged speeches, but yesterday a potential presidential candidate, Jesse L. Jackson, stole his thunder.

But not necessarily Harkin's support.

Several delegates to the state's AFL-CIO convention said that while Jackson was electrifying, Harkin, a fellow Democrat, raised pocketbook issues that they expected Democratic presidential candidates to concentrate on.

The state's 40,000 AFL-CIO union members are expected to have greater political influence in 1992 because, leaders say, organized labor is no longer fighting state party leaders over the Seabrook nuclear power plant. The state ...

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