"AFL-CIO President Trumka Denouces Proposed Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid" (video)

AFLCIONow, with video (02:23):

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka reaffirmed on Oct. 28 that the AFL-CIO opposes any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits or to the federal contribution to Medicaid and he criticized Senate Democrats on the "Super Committee" for proposing—according to news reports—hundreds of billions of cuts.

"Trumka Tells Obama to Stop 'Nibbling Around the Edge' on Jobs"

Jake Tapper (ABC News):

AFL/CIO President Richard Trumka today urged President Obama to put forth “bold solutions” to the nation’s unemployment crisis in his post-Labor Day jobs speech, warning of political peril if he’s seen as merely “nibbling around the edge” of the issue.

“History will judge him and I think working people will judge him,” Trumka told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington, according to video of the event.

Trumka said Obama made a “strategic mistake” in trying to address both the unemployment situation and deficit crisis at the same time over recent weeks and must now focus solely and aggressively on creating jobs. MORE...