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NPR: Union Head Presses Candidates, Clinton On Trade
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/04/28/402856039/union-head-presses-candidates-clinton-on-trade
APRIL 28, 2015 5:56 PM ET DON GONYEA DOMENICO MONTANARO
Don't expect labor support to get fired up for candidates who hedge their bets. That was the message from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka for 2016 presidential candidates. Translation: Hillary Clinton.
"Candidates can't hedge their bets any longer and expect workers to rush to the polls in excitement, to run out and door knock and phone bank and leaflet only to have their candidate of choice turn a back towards the policies," Trumka said in a speech at the labor federation's headquarters in Washington.
Trumka never named Clinton, but the Democratic frontrunner has done exactly what Trumka is warning against on trade — hedge.
As secretary of state, Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is being hotly debated now in Congress, the "gold standard" of trade agreements. But, now that she's running for president, she has backed away from that.
FULL story, audio, and transcript at link.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: "Candidates can't hedge their bets any longer, and expect workers to rush to the polls in excitement."
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