Tag: Richard Trumka

Biden to join labor boss at Labor Day event

Biden to join labor boss at Labor Day event

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2015 10:23 pm

Vice President Joe Biden reportedly met privately with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Thursday. (Getty Images)

Biden holds private meeting with top labor leader

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 6:09 pm

The Chamber of Commerce argued Wednesday that, to the contrary, complying with the rule would createÂ "a highly complex, dispersed and cumbersome set of standards..." (AP Photo)Â

Business blasts Obama’s new blacklist

Sean Higgins · August 26, 2015 10:31 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks to the media after speaking at the 2015 International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers Conference, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sanders’ growing support a dilemma for union leaders

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2015 4:01 am

"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

Union boss doesn’t waste words in response to Walker announcement

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2015 4:00 pm

Trumka: ‘Scott Walker Is a National Disgrace’

Shoshana Weissmann · July 13, 2015 3:42 pm

Front-running Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, and her top challengers, Sen. Bernie Sanders, center, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, will meet privately with the AFL-CIO's executive council at the end of July. (AP Photos)

Hillary and her rivals to meet with union leaders

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2015 5:24 pm

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has criticized lawmakers who support the fast-track trade bill. (Getty Image)

Democrats fed up with union arm twisting on trade bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 4, 2015 4:01 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to protesters prior to a 'Don't Trade Our Future' march organized by the group Campaign for America's Future on April 20, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Union chief gives Clinton an ultimatum on trade

Sean Higgins · April 28, 2015 3:48 pm

"Welcomed some of great @IATSE guys on strike from the #Sharknado3 crew to the house of labor -- their house," Trumka said in a tweet. (AP)

AFL-CIO backs ‘Sharknado 3’ strikers

Sean Higgins · March 11, 2015 9:50 pm

Union membership continues three-decade slide

Sean Higgins · January 23, 2015 5:31 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard TrumkaÂ praised President Obama's executive order on immigration, saying the president was acting within his authority to better the nation's "moral and economic interests."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AFL-CIO to hold minimum wage events in key primary states

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 6:47 pm