Tag: AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO partnering with Hillary to ‘rewrite rules of economy’

Paul Bedard · September 1, 2016 2:43 pm

"I've looked her squarely in the eye and we've talked about TPP. I've known her for 30 years and there's never been one time when Hillary Clinton gave me her word that she didn't follow through on," Richard Trumka said. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Labor boss: ‘I have no doubt’ Clinton will stay opposed to trade deal

Gabby Morrongiello · September 1, 2016 2:37 pm

Trumka, said Trump is "dangerous" and treats working-class voters like "second-class citizens." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Union head goes on rant against Trump during speech in battleground Nevada

Gabby Morrongiello · August 24, 2016 5:28 pm

Striking union members bang on plastic buckets outside the trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. during a strike Tuesday July 5, 2016. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is to visit Atlantic City on Wednesday to bash Donald Trump's record of running casinos here in the 1908s and 1990s, but the presumptive Republican presidential nominee hasn't owned the Taj Mahal for years; it now belongs to his friend and fellow billionaire Carl Icahn. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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AFL-CIO plots union expansion after Clinton victory

Paul Bedard · August 10, 2016 3:28 pm

"Pundits can evaluate the political meaning if the want, but my view is very plain: These are hateful and racist viewpoints," Richard Trumka said. (AP Photo)Â

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Union blues: 57% say labor leaders ‘out of touch,’ 2-in-10 say they do ‘good job’

Paul Bedard · August 10, 2016 2:45 pm

"Working people are strong, and Donald Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong," Richard Trumka said. (AP Photo)

AFL-CIO’s Trumka calls Trump ‘wrong, wrong, wrong,’ praises Clinton

Becket Adams · July 26, 2016 2:55 am

"So much for the Donald's reputation as an outside the box, outside-the-beltway candidate." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dems see Pence as ‘total disaster’

Ariel Cohen · July 15, 2016 10:06 pm

Union members picket outside the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Unions mount stepped-up campaign against Trump

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2016 9:29 pm

"Your union has done the research and recommends Hillary Clinton for president," the AFL-CIO mailer reads, before advising union members their "decision [for whom to support] will affect your job and your family." (Wikimedia Commons)

AFL-CIO begins anti-Trump push in swing states

Gabby Morrongiello · July 6, 2016 5:17 pm

Labor group: 'The truth is he doesn't have a clue how to fix our problems, he would only make them worse.' (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

AFL-CIO scorns Trump’s outreach to working class

Sean Higgins · June 22, 2016 7:10 pm

In a statement, Trump argued that the labor union "no longer represents American workers." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Trump bashes AFL-CIO’s Clinton endorsement: ‘The enemy of working people’

Al Weaver · June 16, 2016 5:27 pm

"Hillary Clinton is a proven leader who shares our values," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

AFL-CIO endorses Clinton

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2016 3:34 pm