Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement after President Obama signed the budget agreement:
Now that a bipartisan budget agreement has been signed and threats of a government shutdown temporarily eliminated, the critical appropriations process begins. Congress must implement a clean budget that invests in jobs and economic growth. We cannot allow Republican members to hold the economy hostage by attaching ideological riders that roll back protections for working people…
