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Pelosi Announces Agreement on North American Trade Pact

ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Dec 10, 2019 She hands the president a major win on the same day Democrats announce impeachment charges against him. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Lashes Out at Union Leader on Labor Day

The Associated Press Sep 3, 2018 The president blasts AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka while erroneously touting the country's unemployment rate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sen. Sanders Lays Into Obama for Attacking Social Security

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Immigration Reform Could Mean for American Workers

Robert Reich / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

An Interview With AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Joe Conason / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Nader, Protesters Seek Minimum Wage Increase

Thomas Hedges / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Corporate Rule Has ‘Infected’ AFL-CIO Leadership, Labor Activist Contends

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Feb 6, 2013 Under its current president, the organization has failed to address the mounting threat against labor in the United States from the loss of bargaining rights to the refusal to adjust minimum wage standards to the push against implementing the "card check" union organizing system, Harry Kelber says. The organization has failed to address the mounting threat against labor in the United States, Harry Kelber says. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )