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Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Gop, Recovery, Nancy Pelosi. Jobs, Unemployment Extention, House, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Afl-Cio, Democrats, Stimulus, Unemployment Rate, Trumka, Pelosi, Unemployment, Kuttner, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Richard Trumka, Ben Cardin, Senate, Republicans, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

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Sam Stein

Trumka: Deeds Lost And Dems Will Lose Without Populist Focus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Trumka Deeds, Richard Trumka, Trumka Dems Populist, Job Growth Trumka, Trumka Jobs, Deeds Populist, Creigh Deeds, Deeds Populism, Democrats Populism, Deeds Trumka, Politics News

One of the most powerful labor leaders in the country said on Thursday that Democrats were unable to hold the governor's chair in Virginia and may los...

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Labor Leader Trumka To Testify Against "Reform" Bill Deemed "TARP on Steroids"

Mike Elk | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Bailout, Showdown in Chicago, Barney Frank, Wall Street, Tarp, Ed Yingling, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Mike Elk

As Congressman Sherman put it, the current legislation meant to reform Wall Street would actually be like "TARP on steroids."

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"Showdown In Chicago": Thousands Of Protesters Gather At Bankers' Convention, Jesse Jackson, Labor Leaders Speak (VIDEO)

Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Jesse Jackson, Showdown in Chicago, Richard Trumka, Andy Stern, Business News

(UPDATE: Scroll down for more original video from the protests) Thousands of people gathered in Chicago today in front of the American Bankers Associ...

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The Chamber of Commerce's Jobs Deception Campaign

Richard Trumka | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Labor, Wall Street, Lending, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Capitalism, Taxpayers, Unions, Free Enterprise, Richard Trumka, Business News
Richard Trumka

Unions are popularly known as "the folks who brought you the weekend." In contrast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the distinction of trying to take away a long and ugly list of benefits.

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Can AFL-CIO's Trumka Jump-Start Progressives, Health Reform and Beat 'Tea Baggers'?

Art Levine | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Afl-Cio, Tea Party. Tea Baggers, Obama, Health Care Health Reform, Public Option, Richard Trumka, Business News
Art Levine

The selection Wednesday of Richard Trumka as president of the AFL-CIO could add a harder progressive edge to the tough drives for health care and economic reform facing progressives and the administration.

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President Obama Ties Reform To Rebuilding Middle Class

POLITICO | Carol E. Lee | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blue Collar, General Motors, Public Option, Middle Class, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Afl-Cio, Richard Trumka, Politics News

PITTSBURGH -- President Barack Obama delivered his most strongly worded speech in defense of organized labor since taking office - tying health care r...

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AFL-CIO Official Implies He Can Live Without Card Check

Wall Street Journal | Melanie Trottman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor-Reform, Labor Unions, Card Check, Richard Trumka, Politics News

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka offered a hint that, just maybe, the labor movement is willing compromise on the so-called card-check provi...

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Labor Gets Tough and Threatens to Cut Off Cowardly Democrats

Mike Elk | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Baucus, Gang of Six, Obama AFL-CIO, Solidarity, AFL-CIO Obama, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Mike Elk

The labor movement under the leadership of Richard Trumka intends to be much more aggressive in forcing Democrats to stand by their campaign promises to working people.

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Young Workers In Free Fall: 1/3 Under 35 Live With Parents

Art Levine | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Economy, Bob Herbert, Afl-Cio, Peter Hart, Unions, Recession, Young Workers, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Art Levine

The future now looks particularly bleak, especially if the "jobless recovery" continues at its relatively slow pace, and union organizing remains blocked by opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act.

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The Kennedy Option; A Matter of Life and Death

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Lennie, Valerie Jarrett, Machete Attack, Public Option, Kennedy Option, Clinton, Senator Kennedy, Howard Dean, Alaska, Health Care, Victim's Rights, Chris Rogers, Richard Trumka, Home News
Shannyn Moore

For Ted's decades-long fight, and the daily struggle of people like Lennie, a woman who sees her struggle over health care as more horrific than a machete attack, we must pass a "Kennedy Option."

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Sam Stein

Labor Warns Dems: We'll Sit Out Election If You Oppose Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community Health Care, Public Option, Democrats Public Plan, Health Care Reform, Trumka Democrats, Progressives Public Plan, Richard Trumka, Politics News

One of the country's most prominent union officials is warning that big labor may pull its support from Democrats who don't fight for a government-run...

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July 11th: Giant Employee Free Choice Act Events Across Arkansas

Stewart Acuff | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

Never before in Arkansas history, have two of the most important national labor leaders led such a high profile march and rally in Little Rock.

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Sam Stein

Richard Trumka: Momentum Grows For New AFL-CIO President Despite No Formal Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Sweeney, Union Elections, Trumka Afl-Cio, Presidential Campaign Afl-Cio, Trumka, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Despite not having formally declared his candidacy for the powerful post of president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka's campaign seems to be gaining st...

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Sam Stein

WH Advisory Board Member: Confident In Obama, Worried About Wall Street Influence

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Wall Street Advisers, Trumka Afl-Cio, Obama Wall Street, Obama Advisers, Richard Trumka, Geithner Summers Obama, Obama Trumka, Obama Advisory Board, Obama Labor Community, Trumka Wall Street, Politics News

Firmly backing the president's agenda, a key member of the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board nevertheless said on Friday that he was concer...

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Sam Stein

Norquist: Specter's EFCA Opposition A Major Step To Republican Resurrection

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Free Choice, Republican Resurection, Arlen Specter, Specter Cloture, Grover Norquist, Afl-Cio, Labor Law, Efca, Employee, Richard Trumka, Specter Employee Free Chioce Act, Politics News

Sen. Arlen Specter's early opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act could serve as an influential pivot point by which Republicans can reclaim elect...

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Union President Defends Obama Against Racism (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Afl-Cio, Racism, Union President Defends Obama, Trumka Defends Obama, Richard Trumka, Richard Trumka Video, Video, Politics News

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka offers this moving defense of Obama against racial attacks. (h/t Sullivan) ...

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Don't Let Our Opponents Divide Us with Race

Richard Trumka | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, John McCain, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Middle Class, Pensions, Jobs, Clean Energy, Afl-Cio, Pay Equity, Thailand, Race, Barack Obama, Religion, Patriotism, Labor, Muslim, Union Blogs, Health Care, Unions, Christian, Union, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Richard Trumka

The opponents of working people are trying to divide us by using Obama's race as an issue. Union members must lead the fight against such divisions and, instead, look at the bottom line.

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