by Tula Connell | May 31, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Ever see a construction worker hanging off a bridge while making essential repairs and wonder what it takes to do a job like that?The same rare skills, along with many others, also are necessary to build and maintain the nation’s growing number of wind turbines—and...
by Tula Connell | Sep 2, 2010 | Blog
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday described the upcoming elections this way: This election is about economic patriots, and it’s also about corporate traitors. Economic patriotism resonates among working people and the millions ofAmerica’s jobless...
by Tula Connell | Aug 4, 2010 | Blog
AFL-CIO Now blogger Mike Hall lets President Obama tell it like it is. After President Obama finished delivering his speech to the AFL-CIO Executive Council this morning, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had this question for the president. We’re going into a...
by Tula Connell | Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Donald Trump knows a few things about making money. The first step: You need a job. But a job is something more than 17 million of America’s workers don’t have. In a recent CNN interview, Trump says one big way this country can create jobs is by...
by Tula Connell | Mar 5, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Closing the New United Motors Manufacturing Inc. automotive plant in California will eliminate 25,000 jobs in the state and cost taxpayers $2.3 billion to replace the jobs lost, according to a March 3 report by University of California professor Harley Shaiken. The...
