Trump Lashes Out at Union Leader on Labor Day
Sep 3, 2018 The president blasts AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka while erroneously touting the country's unemployment rate.
Sen. Sanders Lays Into Obama for Attacking Social Security
Apr 14, 2013 The senator stood before a crowd of retirees, veterans and their supporters Thursday to point out that the president's proposal for a "Chained CPI" adjustment to the calculation of retirement benefits would wreak destruction on the lives of elderly and disabled Americans.
What Immigration Reform Could Mean for American Workers
Apr 3, 2013 Their agreement is very preliminary and hasn’t yet even been blessed by the so-called Gang of Eight senators working on immigration reform, but the mere fact that AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue agreed on anything is remarkable.
An Interview With AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Mar 24, 2013 Trumka recently spoke with The National Memo about the sequester's automatic budget cuts, the danger of cuts to Social Security, the Keystone XL pipeline, immigration reform, President Obama and how to defend labor in an era of attacks on the right to organize.
Nader, Protesters Seek Minimum Wage Increase
Feb 14, 2013 The group, which targeted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO headquarters Tuesday, wants to see the minimum wage raised from its current $7.25 an hour to $10.50.
