AFL-CIO plots union expansion after Clinton victory
By Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) • 8/10/16 11:28 AM
Big Labor's unprecedented campaign to put Democrat Hillary Rodham into the Oval Office could have a big payoff.
Union leaders are plotting to use momentum from the potential victory to power a new expansion inside corporate walls and business sites.
"And after the ballots are counted and the elections have been won, we'll be in a better position to organize in the workplace, and win strong contracts and better pay," promised AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in a speech to glassworkers convention in Las Vegas this week.
"This is our moment," he said. "Let me tell you something: This year, America's labor movement is unleashing the most comprehensive electoral program in our history," he added at the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union meeting this week.
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