"We'll look at every one of their votes," [Richard Trumka, the secretary-treasurer and likely next president of the AFL-CIO] said after his speech at the Netroots Nation convention. "If they're against the Employee Free Choice Act, if they're against health care for that reason, I think it'll be tough for them to get support from working people."
"We'll oppose it," Trumka said, when asked about any bill that ends the tax exemption for employer coverage. "It's actually a stupid concept because if you tax those that have it to pay for those that don't, eventually those that have [benefits] won't. Then who do you ultimately tax?"
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
From the Unions...a warning...
The great Liberal pushback is on.
