Richard Trumka

Official Resigns After Investigation Involving Former Romney Adviser

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.28.2012

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A member of the National Labor Relations Board resigned quietly over the holiday weekend after investigators found that he had leaked sensitive board ...

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AFL-CIO Rolls Out New Romney Video, 'Meet Mr. 1 Percent'

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Romney Campaign, Election 2012 Blog, Republican Campaign, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Afl-Cio, Labor Unions, Gop Primary, Labor, Republican Primary, Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Primary Campaign, Unions, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Revealing some of its messaging strategies for the election, the AFL-CIO released a video Monday painting GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as "Mr....

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AFL-CIO's Obama Endorsement Brings More Bodies And New Risks

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Union Spending, Jobs, Obama, General Election, Organized Labor, Afl Cio, Presidential Election, Labor Unions, Richard Trumka, Business News

On Tuesday, the AFL-CIO started off its campaign season in a familiar way: endorsing the Democratic candidate Barack Obama. What's shifting, though, i...

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Obama Wins Unsurprising Endorsement

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Afl-Cio, Elections 2012, Video, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Richard Trumka, Obama 2012, Politics News

President Barack Obama won the endorsement Tuesday of the AFL-CIO, the union federation that has clashed with the president in the past but is poised ...

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AFL-CIO Super PAC, Workers' Voice, Raises Almost Four Million Dollars

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A super PAC affiliated with the labor federation AFL-CIO will announce on Tuesday that it has raised $3.7 million. It currently has $3 m...

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People Power vs. Banker Power: Score One For the People

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Bank Fraud, Tom Miller, Bank Settlement, Wall Street, Eric Schneiderman, Obama Administration, Foreclosure Fraud, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Patti Smith wasn't wrong when she sang that "People have the powe." We do have the power to win a battle or two, even against those guys on Wall Street. We have more power than we realize -- but only if we're willing to use it.

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'Green News Report' - January 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Nigeria, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Methane, Tar Sands, Video, Oil Spill, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Africa, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, State Department, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Fish, Green News, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Nasa, Nome Alaska, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Italy, Pipeline, Canada, Soot, Chevron, Cruises, Subsidies, Coast Guard, Arctic, Shell Oil, Logging, Fox News, Pesticides, Economy, Coal, Colony Collapse Disorder, Richard Trumka, Bees, West Virginia, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The owner...

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Occupy Wall Street Adjusts To Outside Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Ourdc, Demonstrations, Video, Van Jones, American Dream, Mary Kay Henry, Occupy Wall Street, Progressives, Seiu, Afl-Cio, Occupy Dc, Labor Unions, Occupy Protests, Organizing for Occupation, Richard Trumka, DC News

WASHINGTON -- During a recent demonstration in Washington, D.C., several hundred progressives gathered on K Street were protesting the same outrage bu...

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The Lessons of Ohio

Richard Trumka | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Ows, Public Employees, Social Security, Labor, Ohio, Occupy Wall Street, Kasich, Medicaid, Congress, Afl-Cio, Medicare, Unions, Union, Richard Trumka, Politics News

"Remember Ohio." Those two words should carry new meaning to politicians in Congress and state houses who think they can respond to unemployment, budget crises and voter anger with faux solutions that scapegoat those hit hardest by the current economy.

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Labor Leader Takes Issue 2 Victory Lap

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.09.2012

WASHINGTON -- Connecting the results with the Occupy Wall Street movement, organized labor is taking a victory lap over Tuesday's repeal of Ohio's con...

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Both Sides Now: On Abortion, Labor and Frontrunner Fumbles

HuffPost Radio | Posted 11.07.2011

Arianna and Kellyanne Conway preview next week's ballot initiatives on abortion and labor rights in Mississippi and Ohio, respectively, and then review the GOP frontrunners' Weak Week.

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WATCH: Breitbart Tells Unions To 'F**k Off' At Tea Party Convention

Posted 12.01.2011

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Andrew Breitbart helped kick off the Chicago Tea Party's TeaCon 2011 Convention in suburban Schaumburg Friday night -- and had some harsh words for un...

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Trumka Blasts 'Outsourcer's Bill Of Rights' Pushed By Republicans

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Boeing, Boeing Washington State, Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Afl-Cio, Labor Unions, National Labor Relations Board, Boeing South Carolina, House Republicans, Richard Trumka, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka blasted a Republican bill designed to cripple the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), calling the le...

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Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Aft, Randi Weingarten, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Afl-Cio, Lindsey Graham, Tom Donohue, Damon Silvers, p3s, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Alcoa, Richard Trumka, US Chamber of Commerce, United Food and Commercial Workers, Clinton Global Initiative, Business News

Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

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Obama Pushes Congress On Transportation Spending Bill

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will make a push for more transportation spending on Wednesday. The White House says Obama will urge Congress to...

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AFL-CIO's Trumka, Facing Worst Political Climate In His 40 Years, Outlines New Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Faced with hostility from Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as scant hope that his organizational objectives can be accomplished,...

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How the Unions Have Corrupted the Social and Economic Fabric of America

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Coulter, Nyc, Carter, Organized Crime, Obama, O'Reilly, Fdr, Twu, Clinton, Unions, Free Enterprise Nation, John Stossel, NY Times, Union Corruption, Limbaugh, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Until we can eradicate the dishonest and corrupt unions while keeping the honest ones, municipalities in particular will continue to suffer, as will the rest of the workers and American economy.

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Fareed Zakaria's Republican Case for a National Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Public-Private-Partnerships, Infrastructure, American Infrastructure Financing Authority, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Afl-Cio, Tom Donohue, Lindsey Graham, Fareed Zakaria, US Chamber of Commerce, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Zakaria begins to make the case for Republican and Tea Party support. Let's flesh it out a bit.

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Russ Feingold Is Emerging as a Significant Force Against Corporate Control of Our Government

Pearl Korn | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: 111th Congress, Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Evan Bayh, Anthony Weiner, Wisconsin, Fair Elections Now Act, Congress, Legislative-Transparency, Progressive Democrats of America, Public Citizen, Move to Amend, Lobbyists, George W. Bush, Afl-Cio, Herb Kohl, Democrats, Democracy for America, Citizens United, Bold Progressives, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Iraq War, Patriot Act, Amanda Terkel, Progressives United, Scott Walker, Abraham Lincoln, Credo Action, Chamber of Commerce, Constitution, Mccain-Feingold, Unions, Richard Trumka, Republicans, Politics News

Perhaps President Abraham Lincoln's famous words of hope for a "... government of the people, by the people, for the people..." will yet ring true again -- with a little help from Russ Feingold and his growing movement.

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What the Government Should Be Verifying: Jobs, Safety, and Training

Pablo Alvarado | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: E-Verify, Wisconsin, Lamar Smith, CARE Act, Afl-Cio, Arizona, Ndlon, Labor Unions, Day Laborers, Richard Trumka, Pablo Alvarado, POWER Act, Politics News

The government should stop its immigrant witch hunt and start focusing on real solutions. What we need is verification of workplace safety and effective enforcement of wage and hour laws.

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Can The DNC and Our President Break Their Establishment Ties?

Pearl Korn | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Bill Clinton, Dnc, Al Sharpton, Fair Elections Now Act, Dscc, Progressive Democrats of America, Obama for America, Aflcio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democracy for America, Citizens United, Bold Progressives, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan Budget, Osama Bin Laden, Congressional Progressive Caucus, U.N., Progressives United, Nancy Pelosi, Dccc, Gotv, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, National Action Network, Tea Party, People's Budget, Richard Trumka, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

For the DNC to become relevant again, it needs to truly embrace that spirit of "change" from 2008 and support some real Progressives for Congress in 2012.

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AFL-CIO Threatens To Break From Democrats

AP | By SAM HANANEL | Posted 07.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Prominent labor leaders, frustrated that Democrats in Washington aren't aggressively pursuing the union agenda, are threatening to limit...

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Labor Chief To Dems: If You Don't Even Try To Stop The Wrecking Ball, We Won't Support You

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka plans to issue yet another warning to Democrats on Friday, proclaiming that if lawmakers don't push har...

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Why Do Unions Want to Hurt Job Creators?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Taxes, Repatriation, Consumer Electronics Association, Gary Shapiro, Deficit, Leo Gerard, Erskine Bowles, Afl-Cio, The Comeback, Deficit Commission, Richard Trumka, Unions, Business News

Why do unions oppose repatriation, a proposal to allow a lower tax rate for a defined time period for U.S. companies seeking to bring money earned overseas back into the country, as a solution to stimulate the economy?

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Calls For Solidarity In Face Of Anti-Union Push By Republicans

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Wisconsin, Labor, Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Scott Walker, Afl-Cio, Governor Scott Walker, David Prosser, Unions, Labor Unions, Richard Trumka, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

One day after Wisconsin voters turned out in force for a judicial election widely seen as a referendum on Gov. Scott Walker’s law ending collective...

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