Post by TonyV on Aug 20, 2017 17:44:59 GMT -5
Please see statement below from President Trumka on his and Thea Lee's resignation from President Trump's manufacturing council.
Statement:
We cannot sit on a council for a President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism. President Trump’s remarks today repudiate his forced remarks yesterday about the KKK and neo-Nazis. We must resign on behalf of America’s working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups.
It’s clear that President Trump’s Manufacturing Council was never an effective means for delivering real policy that lifts working families and his remarks today were the last straw. We joined this council with the intent to be a voice for working people and real hope that it would result in positive economic policy, but it has become yet another broken promise on the President’s record. From hollow councils to bad policy and embracing bigotry, the actions of this administration have consistently failed working people.
aflcio.org/statements/afl-cio-representatives-resign-presidential-council-manufacturing
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