Builder’s union: ‘Damn right’ to working with Trump

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The head of one of the nation’s largest unions that stands to score big on plans to spend $1 trillion rebuilding American infrastructure Monday brushed aside criticism from the left for meeting with President Trump after endorsing Hillary Clinton last year.

“To be sure, there will be those among the left and in the broader labor movement who will continue to criticize us for meeting with a Republican president and engaging with this administration,” said Sean McGarvey, president of the North America’s Building Trades Union at his annual convention in Washington.

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