Tag: Richard Trumka

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Richard Trumka

AFL-CIO opposes Green New Deal

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2019 1:24 pm

Richard Trumka, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations president, addresses members.

AFL-CIO warns against ‘premature’ vote on NAFTA replacement

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2019 5:21 pm

Union workers and minimum wage activists gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles.

Unions step up push for $15 minimum wage in Congress

Sean Higgins · March 26, 2019 8:47 pm

Donald Trump and Richard Trumka

‘Trump Mexican Bailout’ is holding US workers hostage, labor leader says

Sean Higgins · December 28, 2018 1:36 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

Labor leader slams ‘serious hardship’ shutdown

Sean Higgins · December 21, 2018 3:53 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, as he heads to Marine One for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base. Trump is traveling to Florida for the day.

Attacking Trump on trade was midterms blind alley for Democrats

Sean Higgins · November 8, 2018 5:00 am

FILE - In this July 31, 2012, file photo, an employee works on a Passat sedan at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Lured by low wages and tax-saving free trade agreements, auto companies from the U.S. and overseas are accelerating plans to build new factories and add jobs in Mexico. The moves, part of a decade-long trend, are luring investments and work that could have gone to the U.S. and Canada, according to experts. But they also are likely to keep car and truck prices in check even as automakers add expensive fuel-saving features to meet U.S. gas mileage requirements.

Unions to push new Democratic House to alter Trump’s trade deal

Sean Higgins · November 7, 2018 5:37 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and other Democrats walk down the steps of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Democrats’ House victory complicates Trump’s trade agenda

Sean Higgins · November 7, 2018 4:50 am

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

Union leader downplays the electoral impact of Trump’s trade dealings

Sean Higgins · October 30, 2018 11:30 pm

Donald Trump and Richard Trumka

On Labor Day, Trump trashes AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka: Unions ‘doing so poorly’

Anna Giaritelli · September 3, 2018 12:05 pm

"We are ready to work with the Trump admin consistent with our values and we will never back down from our values. #Inauguration," tweeted AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka says new NAFTA deal needs to include Canada

Daniel Chaitin · September 2, 2018 5:23 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Drum, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, before a signing ceremony for a $716 billion defense policy bill named for Sen. John McCain.

Trump to meet with labor leaders on NAFTA

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2018 5:36 pm