"Climate: Union Chief Says No To Green New Deal" [1]
"AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said yesterday that the largest group of U.S. unions does not support the Green New Deal in its current form, a potential blow for activists hoping to get labor on board with the progressive climate plan.
"We weren't part of the process, and so the worker's interest really wasn't completely figured into it," Trumka said at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. "So we would want a whole lot of changes made so that workers and our jobs are protected in the process."
Trumka's comments appear to undercut supporters of the Green New Deal on and off Capitol Hill, who have said for months that they're in an ongoing dialogue with labor about the resolution.
When the AFL-CIO Energy Committee penned a letter last month in opposition to the Green New Deal, progressives were quick to point out it did not necessarily represent the views of the full AFL-CIO."