Labor & Employment Law

Trumka Speech to Unveil Working Family Vision for Economy

By Mike Hall

Tomorrow, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will detail the choices elected leaders across the country are facing and outline working people?s vision for the future of the American economy when he delivers a major speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

With the nation now in its 20th straight month with unemployment above 9 percent, that vision focuses squarely on jobs.

In the address, ?America?s Choices: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong,? Trumka also will address the current political climate in Washington and the states.

At the same time, House Republicans will be taking their first votes to repeal health care reform before moving on to an agenda of gutting Wall Street reform, cutting Social Security, blocking job-creating infrastructure funding and rolling back workers’ rights.

We will bring you coverage of the speech in the morning and have video clips in the afternoon. If you are in the Washington, D.C., area, click here to register to attend. The doors at the National Press Club?529 14th St., N.W.?will open at 8:30 a.m. and the speech begins at 9 a.m.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on January 18, 2011 (boomark / email).