Labor heads say Obama backs them on 'fiscal cliff'

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http://www.timesunion.com/news/politics/article/Obama-to-discuss-fiscal-cliff-with-labor-leaders-4031394.php

Labor heads say Obama backs them on 'fiscal cliff'

KEN THOMAS, Associated Press
Updated 5:36 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders said Tuesday that President Barack Obama remains committed to preserving tax cuts for middle class families and ensuring the wealthy pay more in taxes, outlining plans for a public campaign to pressure Republican lawmakers.

The heads of several labor unions and Democratic-leaning interest groups emerged from an hourlong meeting with Obama saying they were united with the president on how to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" and prevent more financial hardships next year.

"We are very, very committed to making sure that the middle class and workers don't end up paying the tab for a party that we didn't get to go to and the president is committed to that as well," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

Labor leaders said they plan to mobilize their members in the coming weeks to press Republicans to support the extension of tax cuts for middle income families. Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, said labor needs to remain "as engaged as we were in the election throughout the rest of this year to make sure we get the Republican House to say yes to tax cuts for the middle class."

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Been a long time since I have seen any President meeting with liberal labor leaders in the White House. Decades actually.

We need more of this.

Don

[Starry Messenger]

1. k&r

[yortsed snacilbuper]

2. The unions are the only things standing between us and the koch brothers!

[John2]

3. Can the

Unions get people in Paul Ryan's District to recall Ryan? This idiot thinks he has a mandate. Even his hometown and state don't agree with him. The Unions should mobilize pressure in Paul Ryan's District. Make Paul Ryan the Poster Boy again with the cuts.

[Tigress DEM]

4. Title is confusing.... Obama backs them AWAY from Fiscal Cliff is more accurate....

I thought for a second that Obama was throwing labor leaders' concerns over the cliff somehow until I read the rest.