The AFL-CIO on Wednesday used its annual Labor Day outreach to announce a change in strategy: More direct communication with nonunion workers and fewer resources devoted to politicians and political parties.
Saying the voice of workers was too easily ignored, union president Richard Trumka said new strategies were needed to fight failed trickle-down economic theories.
Those theories have enriched and isolated “people who live in gated communities” while creating a jobs crisis for others, he said.
Jeff Hauser, political media outreach specialist for the union, said in an interview that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case paved the way to legally express advocacy outside of the union environment instead of just member to member.
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