Labor ads hit on taxes, schools

WASHINGTON The AFL-CIO began airing new television and radio adsTuesday pressing lawmakers to eliminate corporate tax breaks andspend more to rebuild the nation's schools.

John Sweeney, president of the labor federation, said the ads,which target Republicans and Democrats alike, were designed to prodpoliticians to support issues labor believes are central to workingfamilies.

"Right now we sense what some people call a vacuum in Congress,"Sweeney said. "It's . . . a status quo that really favors corporatespecial interests and works against working families."The ads, running in the districts of seven House Democrats and12 House Republicans, are aimed at ending tax …