AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called President Trump’s first proposed budget “dangerous and destructive” Thursday.
The leader of the nation’s largest labor federation said Trump’s budget plan, which would shift $54 billion from various agencies to boost defense spending, would undercut the president’s claims that he wants to help working families.
“Working people in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin didn’t vote for a budget that slashes workforce training and fails to invest in our nation’s infrastructure. President Trump’s proposed budget attempts to balance the budget on the backs of working families,” Trumka said.
The labor federation complained that the budget would result in “major cuts” to programs for job training, education and health. The statement also lamented cuts to “the environment, the arts and foreign aid. Research programs in science and medicine are slashed.”
