Topic: Richard Trumka
AP Features | 2010-03-18 22:01:14
The nation's largest labor federation agreed Thursday to endorse the Obama administration's health care overhaul bill, despite lingering concerns over a tax on high-cost insurance plans. Union leaders on the AFL-CIO's executive council voted virtually unanimously to support the plan and said they would aggressively lobby undecided Democrats. "We're idealistic enough to believe that this is ...
Las Vegas Sun | 2010-02-09 09:05:06
<div id="subtitle">Gridlock in Washington threatens reform plans</div><div><p> When Richard Trumka ascended a stage in Pittsburgh last year to accept the presidency of AFL-CIO, he vowed to reinvigorate a flagging labor movement beset by globalization, corporate power and union infighting.</p><p>The burly ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-14 23:10:27
<div><p>The White House and labor unions unveiled a breakthrough deal Thursday to clear a major obstacle blocking President Barack Obama's all-out campaign to remake US health care, his top domestic goal.</p><p>The announcement gave a much-needed boost to Obama and his Democratic allies as they strove in ...
AP Features | 2010-01-14 22:55:20
<div><p>In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed Thursday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost insurance plans as part of landmark health care legislation taking final shape in intensive negotiations. "We are on the doorstep" of success, President Barack Obama said.</p><p>The tentative agreement on ...
