At a press conference held in Madison, WI on 2/20/11, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka is asked whether Pres. Obama is easier to work with since Emanuel left as Chief of Staff.
This was excerpted from a video posed by uppiytwisc - the full video is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCLwjpNKmEc.
Medtronic Corporation makes $1.5 BILLION profit but it's 2% less than their target so they lay off 2000 workers. Corporate managers live from one month’s profit target to the next. They routinely lie, cheat and steal to “make their numbers.” If profits are down, quicker to cut workers than figure out an innovative way to increase sales. Unless something is done politically about Corporate America’s monthly chasing of their holy dollar targets, American capitalism is done. Give me a union!
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