Tag: AFL-CIO

"You had one faction that actually had some of the policies we would have supported on trade and infrastructure but they turned out to be racists. On the other hand, you had people who weren't racist, but they were Wall Streeters." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka: Some White House aides wanted to work with us, but ‘they turned out to be racists’

Sean Higgins · August 30, 2017 2:58 pm

"Corporate America has a long history of supporting white supremacy. CEOs' rebuke of Trump doesn't change that," Jobs With Justice tweeted Thursday. It followed that with another tweet, "White supremacy and low wages go hand-in-hand. #fightfor15." Jobs with Justice is a pro-labor activist group whose board of directors includes AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, among other top union leaders. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Union group seeks to tie companies to white supremacy

Sean Higgins · August 24, 2017 4:59 pm

"I can only assume that someone in the White House preferred not to have labor's voice at the table after all," Thea Lee wrote in Cosmopolitan. (Wikipedia Commons)

Former AFL-CIO official says labor group excluded from White House meetings

Sean Higgins · August 22, 2017 8:28 pm

Missouri union activists turned in more than 310,000 signatures Friday to ensure a fall ballot referendum asking voters whether they wanted to keep the state's right-to-work law. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

In Missouri’s right-to-work ballot fight, wording matters

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2017 4:01 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the business leaders council that President Trump created never met and never did anything. Trumka, who had been one of the members of the panel and joined the exodus of people leaving it on Tuesday, called in a "broken promise" by the president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Richard Trumka: Trump’s business council never met

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2017 7:51 pm

Republicans rushed to distance themselves from Trump's remarks on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s Charlottesville problems exacerbated by manufacturing council exodus

Sarah Bedford · August 16, 2017 4:01 am

"We cannot sit on a council for a president who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism," the leader of the nation's largest labor federation said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AFL-CIO chief Trumka quits Trump board after press conference

Sean Higgins · August 15, 2017 10:06 pm

The labor federation argued that all of the details must be made public, a request likely to be opposed by the White House and its trade partners. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AFL-CIO demands transparency in NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · August 14, 2017 7:04 pm

The labor federation said it has no confidence that the nominees, William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan, would faithfully administer the labor law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AFL-CIO opposes Trump NLRB picks

Sean Higgins · July 18, 2017 8:14 pm

The labor federation said the two nominees' records "raise serious concerns" and appeared "to be in direct conflict" with the labor board's mission. (Wikipedia Commons)

AFL-CIO attacks Trump’s NLRB nominees

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2017 10:47 pm

"I can only assume that someone in the White House preferred not to have labor's voice at the table after all," Thea Lee wrote in Cosmopolitan. (Wikipedia Commons)

No, CEOs don’t make 347 times more than American workers

Luka Ladan · May 26, 2017 4:01 am

Wednesday's study also said North Dakota had 12.5 on-the-job fatalities per 100,000 workers. (AP Photo/Beth Eide)

AFL-CIO says North Dakota is the most dangerous state for workers

Sean Higgins · April 26, 2017 8:46 pm