Labor lags in new fundraising world

Organized labor is lagging behind in adapting to the seismic changes that reordered the campaign finance landscape in 2010 — changes that their conservative rivals have used to draw huge donations from corporate contributors.

So far this year, unions have been slow to coordinate their spending strategy under the new campaign rules. They don’t appear to have clear fundraising goals. Many say they’re planning to stick with the same tactics they’ve turned to in the past, even after a bruising 2010 election.