AFL-CIO Representatives Resign from Presidential Council on Manufacturing
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on his and Thea Leeβs resignation from President Trumpβs council on manufacturing: We cannot sit on a council for a President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism. President Trumpβs remarks today repudiate his forced remarks yesterday about the KKK and neo-Nazis. We must resign on behalf of Americaβs working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups. Itβs clear that President Trumpβs Manufacturing Council was never an effective...
16 August, 2017