AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the Value of Trump: “The Best Organizer Is a Bad Boss”

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the value of Trump: “The best organizer is a bad boss”

Liz Shuler has a tough job. It’s not just tough to do. It’s tough even to define. As the president of the AFL-CIO, a 70-year-old federation of 63 national and international unions representing more than 15 million workers, she is the leader of the American labor movement. But “labor” is not a monolith. She represents NFL players, government workers, Hollywood writers, hotel janitors. Shuler, who became the first woman to run the AFL-CIO when she…

Coal miners are fighting Trump's safety cuts — and winning

When the Trump administration took the first steps toward shutting down two major programs aimed at protecting the nation’s miners, the grassroots response was immediate, and vehement. And, it turns out, successful.  In March, the administration moved to shutter over 30 field offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA, throughout coal country. Weeks later, it proposed cutting 90 percent of the staff at the National Institute f…

Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winning

When the Trump administration took the first steps toward shutting down two major programs aimed at protecting the nation's miners, the grassroots response was immediate, and vehement. And, it turns out, successful. In March, the administration moved to shutter over 30 field offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA, throughout coal country. Weeks later, it proposed cutting 90 percent of the staff at the National Institute fo…