AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR &
CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS (AFL-CIO)
815 16TH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
a 501(c)(5) labor union organization
http://www.aflcio.org/
Phone: (202) 637-5000
EIN: 53-0228172
Founded: AFL, 1886; CIO, 1935; merged 1955
Exempt since: 1956

President: Richard Trumka

Richard Louis Trumka (born July 24, 1949) is President of the AFL-CIO, elected in 2009 the labor federation's convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was President of the United Mine Workers from 1982 to December 22, 1995, then Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO.
In 1996 Trumka, was one of the original 130 founders of Bob Borosage's far-left Campaign for America's Future.
He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Economic Policy Institute, which performed a study for the Blue-Green Working Group in 2002, titled, "Clean Energy and Jobs." In early 2002 they submitted a four-point program:

• Mandatory efficiency standards for vehicles and equipment, and regulations forcing electric utilities to buy power from renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric dams.

• Government bailout for displaced workers in a "Just Transition" program for employees such as coal miners who lose their jobs as a result of carbon-abatement policies: two years of full income replacement, health insurance, retirement contributions; four years of full-time training or educational benefits. No bailout for shareholders or management.

• A tax on the carbon content of fuels of $50 per ton of carbon, with the revenues used to 1) reduce payroll taxes on labor; 2) fund energy-efficiency incentives and 3) pay for the Just Transition programs.

• Carbon tariffs on imports of energy-intensive products such as steel, aluminum, and cement, to minimize the competitiveness impacts of the carbon tax, with tax rebates for exports.

And don't forget John Sweeney

John Sweeney (born May 5, 1934) was the previous president of the AFL-CIO, elected at the federation's biennial convention in October 1995 and was re-elected in 2005. He replaced the do-nothing Lane Kirkland in a shrill reform campaign to revitalize the union and recruit new members. During his campaign, Sweeney joined the Democratic Socialists of America, sending a strong signal which way he was going. Among his many changes as president was a new concentration on political activism.

Sweeney supported the idea of the Blue Green Working Group to make union members more willing to limit emissions and endorse the Kyoto Protocol to control global warming, but the plan failed to win union support. In 2004, Sweeney assigned a talented AFL-CIO staff political director, Steven Rosenthal, to lead America Coming Together, a pro-Democrat 527 electioneering organization.

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Steven S. Rosenthal
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Get Out The Vote organizer

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