Richard Trumka speaks up on WI Vote, Walker, Politicians Spinning Deficits, WH Jobless Recovery

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Wisconsin Vote on Unions Corrupts Democracy, Trumka Says
Stephanie Armour -

The Wisconsin Senate’s action to strip collective bargaining rights for most government unions is a “corruption of democracy,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said.

The Wisconsin vote without any Democrats yesterday to curb collective bargaining shows how far Governor Scott Walker and Republicans will go to “pay back their corporate donors,” Trumka said today at a labor meeting in Washington. He heads a federation of unions with 12.2 million members.

Walker’s “overreaching” has ignited labor unions, and may help them focus on creating jobs, Trumka said. He urged the U.S. government to increase investment in public projects such as roads and airports to spur employment opportunities. President Barack Obama has so far failed to meet his job-creation goal, Trumka said.

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“The fire in Madison was sparked by intense fear and anger and insecurity about jobs,” Trumka said. “We sent Barack Obama to the White House to win change we could believe in. To the American people, that meant jobs. But we have been in a jobless recovery.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-10/wisconsin-vote-on-worker-rights-corrupts-democracy-afl-cio-s-trumka-says.html

[jtown1123]

1. Finally someone interviews a labor leader...Thanks for speaking up Trumka

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2. Kick for Trumka, distractions be damned. n/t