Labor & Employment Law

Trumka, Chamber?s Donohue Will Call for Transportation Jobs Bill at Senate Hearing

By Mike Hall

Check this out. Next week, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue will make a rare joint appearance to promote jobs legislation. They will appear Feb. 16 before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at 10 a.m. to speak out on the need for quick action on a new jobs-creating transportation bill.

Following President Obama?s State of the Union address, Trumka and Donohue issued a joint statement endorsing Obama?s call ?to create jobs and grow our economy through investment in our nation’s infrastructure.?

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).