AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka has come to the defense of fellow union boss Jimmy Hoffa and his call for violence against Tea Party members. “I think Jim Hoffa’s speaking for the anger that millions of Americans have,” Trumka said.
What about the anger of the millions of union members who find significant portions of their paycheck taken away every month so Trumka and Hoffa can play politics with their money?
California’s Big Labor-concocted A.B.5, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019, made it almost impossible for workers and firms to bounce back after 2020’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Now Biden bureaucrats want to federalize A.B.5!
Mr. Fain undoubtedly knows full well that there is a complete disconnect between the UAW hierarchy and the UAW rank-and-file on the Biden presidency and whether workers will benefit from its extension for another four years.
Political pundits of every stripe have noted, and attempted to explain, a dramatic shift in recent years in the coalitions that back America’s two major political parties.