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Why I Served on Trump’s Manufacturing Council—And Why I Left

In January, I was invited to serve on President Donald Trump’s manufacturing council, along with my boss, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

25, Aug, 2017

Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stood in the lobby of his tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and again made excuses for bigotry and terrorism, effectively repudiating the remarks his staff wrote a day earlier in response to the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va.

17, Aug, 2017

Details of House Republican Plan

As you have likely heard, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives yesterday released legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. As expected, it is a very bad deal for New York and working-class and poor Americans.

08, Mar, 2017

Op-Ed " Buy American" United Steelworkers AFL-CIO,CLC

17, Feb, 2017

Ann Marie Taliercio, President of the Central NY Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO announces new officers for the Mid State Labor Council, AFL-CIO

The Central New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO is the area federation representing over 100,000 members of 200 local unions in eleven central New York counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Tioga, and Tompkins. The labor council that

18, Jan, 2017

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2017!

New Year 2017 is shaping up be a year when the hard fights of the past will become the hard fights of the present; ones we cannot lose.

03, Jan, 2017