‘The Work of the Labor Movement Continues with Fresh Urgency’: Trumka Statement on 2016 Election
Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following statement on the results of the 2016 presidential election: Donald Trump has been elected president. America is a democratic nation, and the voters have spoken. The AFL-CIO accepts the outcome of this election and offers our congratulations to President-elect Trump. More than anything, this election is an indictment of politics as usual. For too long, the political elites have embraced economic policies that hold down wages, increase inequality, diminish opportunity and...