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<title><![CDATA[Richard Trumka - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20639.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Richard Trumka]]></description><category domain="20639">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Put Power Back in Workers' Hands]]></title>
							<link>https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2020/09/07/Joe-Biden-Richard-Trumka-Put-power-back-in-workers-hands-Labor-Movement-Unions/stories/202009040046</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid struggles, the labor movement faces an additional burden: a union-busting president]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[USMCA Is a Huge Win for Working People]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/opinions/usmca-huge-win-labor-rights-trumka/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a quarter-century of suffering under the failed NAFTA agreement and 18 months of hard-fought negotiations, the AFL-CIO is now proud to endorse a better deal for working people: the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USCMA), writes Richard Trumka.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Janus-Faced War on Unions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/janus-faced-war-unions-article-1.3886640</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In their quest for even bigger profit margins, the rich and powerful have always tried to divide and suppress working people.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Working People Are Watching, Mr. President]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/369338-working-people-are-watching-mr-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nothing less than the right to dream, live, work and retire in security is on the table.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I Quit Trump's Business Council]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/opinion/richard-trumka-trump-business-council.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He has no intention of following through on his promises to workers. And his words and actions may leave the country worse off.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Let Trump Speak for Workers]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/opinion/dont-let-trump-speak-for-workers.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I am your voice,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' President-elect Donald J. Trump declared at the Republican National Convention. In another campaign speech, he told his supporters, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I alone can fix it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Before he has even taken office, Mr. Trump has tried that go-it-alone strategy on behalf of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Happy 5th Birthday, Dodd-Frank]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-trumka/happy-5th-birthday-dodd-f_b_7840500.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000090</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 was meant to protect our economy from Wall Street greed. The legislation was passed into law in response to the 2008 financial crisis, which caused home foreclosures for millions of families and long-term unemployment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Right-to-Work Laws Lower Your Pay]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/03/16/right-to-work-states-labor-unions-editorials-debates/24878359/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America is demanding a raising wages economy, but that idea is under assault because of a corporate funded plan being pushed by some politicians to take America in the opposite direction with right-to-work.A few politically ambitious governors have signed right-to-work laws lately, but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time to Act on the Senate Immigration Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/209959-we-need-comprehensive-immigration-reform-now</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This city is abuzz over the politics of immigration, with excited, occasionally valid speculation swirling about Eric Cantor, calendars, last-minute deals, and the like.That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what Washington does.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s OK.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  This newspaper and more than a few Twitter accounts probably...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Working People Will Vote for This Year]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-working-people-will-vote-for-this-november/2014/05/01/6f6a40f2-cbba-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, expanding the Citizens United doctrine that money equals speech, formalized what was already clear: The 1'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‰').';'percent is undertaking a serious effort to buy elections. So how will our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Budget Cuts Will Hurt Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20120830_GOP_s_economic_austerity_is_the_last_thing_economy_needs.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SOLUTIONS to big problems don't fit on a bumper sticker. Working people need comprehensive and proven policies that will build shared prosperity for everyone in America who works hard and plays by the rules.It can't be a nip here or a tuck there. We need policies with the scale and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remember Ohio: Lessons for the GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-trumka/ohio-labor-law_b_1096986.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Remember Ohio." Those two words should carry new meaning to politicians in Congress and state houses who think they can respond to unemployment, budget crises and voter anger with faux solutions that serve up red meat to their right-wing base.With their now-famous rejection of a state...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Free Trade Hurts the Middle Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/64934.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was honored to sit in the House gallery recently as a guest of first lady Michelle Obama to listen to President Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s speech on putting our country back to work. The president called for rebuilding our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s schools, roads, bridges, transit, ports, rail,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We're Not Going To Tolerate Power Grab]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/03/11/trumka_this_is_a_power_grab_and_were_not_going_to_tolerate_it.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Grandma at Work?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-its-labor-day-is-grandma-at-work/19619305</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This Labor Day, more of our grandparents may be working a cashier's  line, waiting tables or preparing lessons for the first day of school.  Remember those happy TV commercials of seniors having the time of their  lives, retiring in comfort and dignity after a lifetime of work? They're ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Workers Need More Protection]]></title>
							<link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10116/1053360-109.stm</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Trumka</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's a chilling thought: You can get more jail time for harassing a  burro on federal land than for killing a worker.Tragic, but true. Willful violation of workplace safety laws that  kills a worker carries a maximum jail term of six months for a first  offender. It's a year for burro...]]></description>
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