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1. "Trump 'Loves' Right to Work"
Mon May 2, 2016, 05:52 AM
May 2016
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Trump-Loves-Right-to-Work-Winners-and-Losers-of-the-Week

From the AFL-CIO link:

"The Teamsters Union is an example, you know, the workers, not the top people, because I fight them all the time, and I fight the unions very hard. But there are certain areas of the country where you only have unions. You don't have right-to-work," he said.

Some labor leaders clearly do not like the idea of a President Trump. In August, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called the GOP field "hateful and racist." Trumka did not mention Trump by name, but the comment was in reaction to the immigration debate in the GOP primary, which Trump has dominated by proposing a wall on the Mexican border and banning any further immigration by Muslims.

Throughout the interview Trump drew a distinction between the union leaders, who he said he had sometimes had issues with, and the rank and file members, who he praised effusively and said he had a strong connection with. "The union people, the people in unions, they seem to really want to vote for me. It's been amazing," he said.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-i-like-right-to-work-better/article/2583977


Trump wants to spread "right-to-work" nationwide but he claims to be 'pro-worker'.

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