Richard Trumka is a leader in the American labor movement. He currently serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, a post to which he was elected in 1995. He previously was president of the United Mine Workers from 1982 to December 22, 1995. Read more at Wikipedia


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U.S. needs a fully functioning National Labor Relations Board

...Trumka is president of the AFL-CIO and Phil Neuenfeldt is president of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Most people in Wisconsin don't even know what the National Labor Relations Board is. Well, why should they? Here's why. For decades, American labor law helped...

TWU, IAM Both Plan To Represent Ground Handlers, Mechanics

...bag handlers and other employees at American, while IAM represents ground workers at US Airways. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had urged the unions to share representation and avoid bitter and divisive election campaigns against each other. He said the...

‘Labor Day’ Arrives Early on Capitol Hill

...on lawmakers’ doors. “We’ll be talking to people to urge them to vote for this package,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka . “We need a functioning NLRB to protect us and our rights.” Mr. Perez’s backers are also rallying on his behalf as some Republicans...

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down NLRB Posting Rule

...will be watching for any "future oversteps by this rogue agency." Union groups blasted the ruling. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called it "absurd." He said, "When workers know their rights, the laws work as intended." The issue is still pending in the...

Unions OK joint representation of airline workers

...bag handlers and other employees at American, while the IAM represents ground workers at US Airways. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had urged the unions to share representation and avoid bitter and divisive election campaigns against each other. He said...

Unions mobilize as labor board faces paralysis in Obama’s second term

...will lose a quorum in August and will not be able to issue decisions and protect workers' rights," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters. The NLRB is vital to labor’s interests because it oversees union elections and investigates alleged violations...

2 unions to represent American Airlines mechanics

...International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers represents ground workers at US Airways. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has been urging the unions to share representation to avoid bitter and divisive election campaigns against each other....

Washington Life list lauds media

...Maria Teresa Kumar, Google’s Susan Molinari, Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist, Podesta Group’s Tony Podesta, AFL-CIO Richard Trumka and American Federation of Teachers’ Randi Weingarten. So who got dropped from last year’s list? Huffington Post’s...

Recent Missouri editorials

...the nation's private workforce, it means a way to become relevant again, "opening up the labor movement" as AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka told Mr. Myerson. This would be a new kind of labor movement, one where members don't agree to collective bargaining...

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in his office. (Bill O'Leary - WASHINGTON POST) - Published on 2013-05-09 12:39:00 by The Washington Post

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in his office. (Bill O'Leary - WASHINGTON POST)

Published by The Washington Post on 2013-05-09 12:39:00

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Without this, there's nothing [to protect workers]...

in Unions mobilize as labor board faces paralysis in Obama’s second term
The Hill - 2013-05-14 20:32:00

The focus of the labor movement has been this August deadline...

in Unions mobilize as labor board faces paralysis in Obama’s second term
The Hill - 2013-05-14 20:32:00

If they pass these guys and put them on the floor and let them have an up-and-down vote, then we will be talking to people to urge them to vote for this package ... Then we will be taking any necessary action beyond that that we think is appropriate to educate people....

in Unions mobilize as labor board faces paralysis in Obama’s second term
The Hill - 2013-05-14 20:32:00

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