Tag: AFL-CIO

"Last night, President Trump painted an everything-being-great picture of America that while optimistic, is not the reality for most working families. That may be how his friends are living, but the working men and women we represent aren't seeing the same America, and his policies are making it worse," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Unions say Trump wrong to be optimistic

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 8:38 pm

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Union claims victory in bid to organize workers at Vox

Sean Higgins · January 11, 2018 10:31 pm

Administration officials appeared to be listening to concerns the groups had raised regarding the 1993 deal and incorporating them into the ongoing discussions with Canada and Mexico, the groups said. (AP)

Liberal groups pleased with direction of NAFTA renegotiations

Sean Higgins · November 16, 2017 7:09 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are split on more than just conservative Thomas Farr's nomination to fill the judicial vacancy in North Carolina's Eastern District. Farr's nomination has become wrapped up in the battle over the Judiciary Committee's "blue slip" practice. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judiciary Committee advances nominee for judgeship vacant since 2005

Ryan Lovelace · October 19, 2017 6:03 pm

"While we certainly don't agree on everything, we exchange views and seek common ground that will benefit all North American workers," the labor federation said. (Wikipedia Commons)

AFL-CIO says Trump administration has ‘listened’ on trade

Sean Higgins · October 6, 2017 10:46 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka asserted that the plan would lead to cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, education, and infrastructure. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

AFL-CIO slams tax reform as ‘con game’

Sean Higgins · September 27, 2017 7:11 pm

Trump also cannot take credit for rosy job numbers, Trumka said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AFL-CIO attacks Trump’s record on worker issues on Labor Day

Naomi Lim · September 4, 2017 9:29 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka release a poll showing union members with better time off benefits. Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor

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Laboring Day: 26% have to work on the holiday

Paul Bedard · September 1, 2017 2:30 pm

Top officials at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business lobby, said that the chances of getting major tax reform through Congress in the next year were better than they have been in decades thanks to President Trump's election. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chamber of Commerce says odds for tax reform best in 30 years

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2017 10:15 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

AFL-CIO takes media’s side in war with Trump

Paul Bedard · August 30, 2017 9:35 pm

AFL-CIO leader said Trump enjoyed a 13-point swing from the 2012 election because union workers "did not not hear a kitchen-table economic message that really addressed their needs." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Union voters swung behind Trump, Richard Trumka says

Sean Higgins · August 30, 2017 7:24 pm

"Not enough was exposed for us to know if it is going to be real change or just tinkering and window dressing," Trumka said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka says NAFTA talks off to a mixed start

Sean Higgins · August 30, 2017 6:18 pm