Commentary Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on January 2012 Jobs Report by Gary Kopycinski on February 3, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2012. We welcome today’s positive signals that the economy is beginning to turn the corner towards a robust recovery. Now we need to make sure current policies support that recovery and don’t choke it off.