Labor Union Officials Left Off Trump's Invitation List for Manufacturing Meeting
Source: Bloomberg
by Matthew Townsend
February 23, 2017, 3:17 PM CST
When President Donald Trump announced last month that he would meet regularly with a group of business leaders on how best to boost U.S. manufacturing, the list included organized labor. The union officials, however, werent invited to the very next meeting.
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, and Thea Lee, deputy chief of staff for the federation of 55 unions, are on the White Houses list of leaders but didnt receive invitations for the meeting held Thursday at the White House, according to Carolyn Bobb, a spokeswoman for the labor group. To Bobbs knowledge, the business-leaders panel has had no interaction with Trumka and Lee so far.
This was specifically for people who were hiring people and the impediments theyre having to creating additional jobs, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in response to a question at his daily press briefing. The president still "values their opinion.
Trumps relationship with organized labor has so far been mixed. Prior to his inauguration in January, Trump met with Trumka -- whose name was misspelled Tumka in the White House press release announcing the manufacturing group. Since taking office he has met with other labor leaders. Some parts of organized labor applauded Trumps decision to pull out of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, while other unions fought his cabinet picks.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-23/labor-left-off-trump-s-invitation-list-for-manufacturing-meeting
riversedge
(70,239 posts)Warpy
(111,267 posts)Labor represents dollars escaping their clutches and unions represent an unpleasant bureaucracy dedicated to increasing the number of those escaping dollars.
They completely miss the point that they can't stay in business without labor, not even if they automate their businesses as much as possible.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)Typical GOP trait.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)up trumpts name or the meeting? Since they misspell so much there must be a reason.
I misspell out of lack of respect.
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)and they "hear" only what they "want to hear".
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)If in doubt,ask the Folks at SEIU in Vegas. Trump Inc. forced to bargain in good faith after the NLRB won their Federal Labor Case against the Con Job.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)Before the election realize he's just not the into them... not now, not ever.