Topic: Richard Trumka
"Giving up on health care overhaul is not an option, the top HOUSE Democrat said Wednesday as lawmakers looked to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address on how to revive the (severely) stalled legislation". As far ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the biggest U.S. labor federation warned President Barack Obama on Monday that failure to act quickly on unemployment would be " suicidal" and would put the Democrats' control of Congress at risk.The warning from AFL-CIO President ...
AFL-CIO leader warns lawmakers not to abandon government-run plan in health care overhaulThe man expected to become the AFL-CIO's next president said Monday that lawmakers would pay a political price if they abandon a government-run option in any health care overhaul. "We ...
More accommodating voices about to enter the debate over health care reform Insofar as health care reform is concerned, this summer has belonged to the people attending tea parties and shouting inanities in town-hall meetings.Their Republican-led misinformation campaign, typified by their hysterical ...
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AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka on Racism ...
AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer (now President) Richard Trumka blasts racism and ...2008-07-20 -
Trumka: We Will Never Back Down
Richard L. Trumka President, AFL-CIO addresses United Steelworkers Constitutional Convention ...2011-08-17 -
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Backs Occupy ...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Backs Occupy Wall Street2011-09-30
