The inflexibility of the Social Democrats and their labor allies in clinging to the policies of the 1970's has resulted in a possible return to the politics of the 1930's.

And to protect whatever power it had left, its members went on working during a strike at The Daily News two years ago, earning the union the enmity of its former labor allies.

Several Republicans said they believed this early advertising by the Democrats and their labor allies would ultimately prove to have peaked too soon.

Pointing to two studies finding that many workers will lose overtime coverage under new regulations, the Democrats and their labor allies said President Bush was shortchanging American workers.

In fact, Mr. Hughes was one of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's closest labor allies.

The teamsters and their labor allies oppose an injunction, asserting that the strike has not caused severe economic damage.

In his recent address to the Legislature on property taxes, he also angered his labor allies by encouraging lawmakers to revamp the public employee pension system.

In recent weeks, Mr. Gore has walked a tightrope, trying to please his labor allies without upsetting other supporters.

A labor ally in Congress who is here seems ready for more.

The congressman, a longtime labor ally, has won endorsements from 11 national unions, while none of the other Democrats has received even one.