Posted on 06/23/2020 9:14:09 AM PDT by NobleFree
President Trump's executive order temporarily expanding immigration restrictions to include guest-worker programs does not go far enough, the president of the nation's largest union group said on Tuesday.
"Don't just do this temporarily," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told "Mornings with Maria." "Let's do this and make it a sane system so when there's a real need we can get people, but when there isn't a real need we shouldn't be able to bring people in to lower the wages of American workers."
The order Trump signed Monday is meant to open more opportunities for Americans grappling with unemployment amid the coronavirus pandemic. It could impact 600,000 jobs by Dec. 31, according to the administration.
Around 46 million workers have filed initial jobless claims in the three months since coronavirus lockdowns hit the U.S.
Trumka said the AFL-CIO has met repeated opposition to its calls for restructuring guest worker programs, including from the Trump camp.
"We've been saying this for 10 years. ... These visa laws don't work," Trumka said.
The AFL-CIO endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, although Biden supports fewer restrictions on immigration than Trump.
"Working-age immigrants keep our economy growing, our communities thriving, and country moving forward," Biden's campaign website says.
Trumka also addressed his demand that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologize following a report that the social media company would allow business administrators to censor words like "unionize" on its office management platform.
Trumka said he would welcome a "change" to Section 230, which allows platforms like Facebook to avoid being liable as the publishers of the material on their sites, he said.
"Things like this shouldn't be allowed to happen," Trumka said. "They acted here as more than a platform. They acted here as an employer advocate, an illegal employer advocate to stop free speech and to stop unionization. They shouldn't be shielded from that type of conduct or others similar to that."
I’ve made a very lucrative career ‘fixing’ the software written by cheap HIB VISA holders.
Not ALL of them, but a surprising number seem like they got their university degrees from 3 cereal box tops.
He got his tip. Total enlightenment
“We’ve been saying this for 10 years. ... These visa laws don’t work,” Trumka said.
The AFL-CIO endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, although Biden supports fewer restrictions on immigration than Trump.
Same here. I applaud this. Hopefully if not reversed in years to come it will increase wages for Americans.
Be a good union man: Vote against your interests and pay your dues until your replacement takes over.
“I’ve made a very lucrative career ‘fixing’ the software written by cheap HIB VISA holders.
“Not ALL of them, but a surprising number seem like they got their university degrees from 3 cereal box tops.”
It’s a well known scam: Indian ‘universities’ that do nothing more than issue ‘diplomas’ in exchange for rupees.
This fat pig, head of the union, AFL-CIO, loves this executive order, but since he backs shoeless joe jackson, err I mean clueless joe biden, he has to criticize it.
Biden and the demonRATs are on the wrong side of this argument, probably by 75-25.
>>>> ‘We’ve been saying this for 10 years. ... These visa laws don’t work,’ Trumka says
Why you keep supporting Democrats then?
8 yrs of Obama/Biden and the want Trump to fix it for them so they can vote for Biden again....smh
What a bunch of BS from this dimbulb thug.
He’s been toeing the Rat mass immigration line for decades.
Never in my life have I seen a so-called “American” labor union “leader” so down for destroying the wages of the people he supposedly represents.
Dumbthug Trumka will go down in history as the enemy of the American working man.
Spare me. If it wasn’t for Unions, there’d be no need for those people. How much does Trumka make a year? Probably around a million dollars or so. I doubt if there’s been a single year in which his wages went down.
This is the height of hypocrisy; unions for decades have been accepting and knowingly encouraging membership by illegal aliens despite the effect on Americans and his union is no exception. He’s evidently not getting money from the H-1B crowd.
Yep.
Union scum will support Biden.
That man is damned liar... Actually, he's worse then even that.!
Whatever.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.