Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on July 2013 Jobs Numbers

by Gary Kopycinski on August 2, 2013

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)–August 2, 2013. Current economic and labor market conditions do not deserve to be labeled a “recovery” — except as they concern the very richest among us. For the vast majority of Americans, the economy remains mediocre —more than four years after the official end of the recession.