Political courage to create jobs is lacking, AFL-CIO’s Trumka charges
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, in a major address today at the National Press Club in Washington, said the jobs crisis "cries out for political courage but that courage is not much in evidence.
Trumka: Time for a new economy
The full text of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's speech on labor's agenda for a new economy at the National Press Club.
$100 million for green jobs training brings hope for jobless
Despite a depressed economy, Joliet, Ill., ironworker Ken Kobus is optimistic.
U.S. union members delivered jobs message in Copenhagen
Forty union members from the U.S. went to the climate change talks in Copenhagen to give world leaders the working class view on saving the planet.
House to pass jobs bill
While AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, in a live webcast yesterday, answered questions about the jobs crisis from workers all over the country, Democratic leaders announced a jobs bill.
Jobs: The time for talk is over
For the last three months this newspaper has covered jobs conferences, jobs seminars and job creation think tank gatherings too numerous to count.
Labor leader encouraged by jobs summit
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka went on cable television last night after attending the White House summit and said he was "encouraged" by the gathering.
Workers hold roundtables as jobs summit begins
As union leaders, business CEOs and economists meet at the White House today for a jobs summit workers across the country are holding roundtable gatherings on job creation.
On the eve of jobs summit labor call for bold action
On the eve of President Obama's Dec. 3 summit on jobs labor and progressive leaders held a press conference today urging the White House and Congress to adopt the AFL-CIO's five-point jobs plan.
Feeling heat, U.S.-China firms say they’ll build turbines here
Under pressure from the nation’s biggest manufacturing union, a U.S.-China energy partnership said it would build a factory here, creating 1,000 jobs.
