Tag: Richard Trumka

President Donald Trump began Labor Day by bashing union leader Richard Trumka after he criticized the president’s policies over the weekend.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka praised President Donald Trump on Thursday for enacting steel and aluminum tariffs, saying they were “good for the country” and good for the industry.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka stated that if DACA is ended, the AFL-CIO will work with DACA employees to protect their rights and jobs. Trumka said ending DACA “will leave our workplaces less safe, less

AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka tweeted out his opposition to the GOP’s new healthcare law just a few hours after meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House.

The president of one of the largest unions in the United States is praising President Donald Trump’s plans to reform immigration policies.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters president James P. Hoffa praised President Donald J. Trump’s move to crush the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) once and for all on Monday, the second major labor union leader to do so.

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka praised GOP President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Trans Pacific Partnership once and for all on Monday with an executive order officially killing the Pacific Rim trade deal.

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign feared backlash from labor groups, particularly the AFL-CIO, following President Barack Obama’s decision to improve Malaysia’s human rights standing in order to help push the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Two of Hillary Clinton’s senior staffers declared in September 2015 they were annoyed with union president Richard Trumka’s praise for potential campaign rival, Vice-President Joe Biden, according to an hacked email from the Clinton campaign.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka praised Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as “taking the right issue on all issues that are important to working people” while stating of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton “It’s as if she’s working to get

Thursday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released a video calling unspecified Republican candidates “hateful and racist” for their immigration policies. Trumka said, “Hi, I’m Rich Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. In the last several weeks, the subject of immigrants living and

Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker took pride in criticisms from Democrats because those attacks are due to the fact that “they recognize that we not only fight, we fight and win” on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that it was “conceivable” the AFL-CIO might not endorse Hillary Clinton and warned her of the consequences of taking the wrong position on trade in an interview with USA Today’s “Capital Download” released on Thursday. Trumka said (relevant remarks