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President Joe Biden met Wednesday with the executive council of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of trade unions, in an effort to shore up support from a critical constituency as he ...
Biden will visit the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council meeting in Washington, D.C.,… President Biden will meet with national union leaders on Wednesday, huddling with some of his top supporters as ...
The nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 22, 2021, by a vote of 68–29. [ 117 ] [ 118 ] He was the final department secretary of Biden's Cabinet to be confirmed. [ 119 ] The day after being confirmed, he was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris .
Arguments for and against. The Missouri AFL-CIO, a federation of unions that represents teachers and casino workers, among other industries, advised its members to vote no on the amendment.
The AFL-CIO was a major component of the New Deal Coalition that dominated politics into the mid-1960s. [11] Although it has lost membership, finances, and political clout since 1970, it remains a major player on the liberal side of national politics, with a great deal of activity in lobbying, grassroots organizing, coordinating with other liberal organizations, fund-raising, and recruiting ...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he was disappointed in President Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, a move that the union says will cost 1,000 ...
In 1990, he was elected President of the Pennsylvania AFL–CIO. [1] In that position, he is "unquestionably PA's top labor leader". [2] His election was a contentious one, with hundreds of construction workers who supported George's opponent, Vice Chair Robert McIntyre, leaving the convention hall in protest prior to the vote.