President Barack Obama told the largest U.S. labor group that his administration has helped improve job conditions and wages though there is more to be done.
Since the financial crisis, U.S. businesses have created 7 million jobs and the automobile industry is leading a comeback of the nation’s manufacturing sector, Obama told the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles today in a videotaped message. The federation represents 57 unions with 12 million members.
“We’re not yet where we need to be,” Obama said. “Middle class families deserve to feel more secure.”
Obama was originally scheduled to appear in person at the convention, which opened yesterday and runs through Sept. 11. He canceled the visit because of the crisis in Syria, and instead delivered brief remarks that were replayed for the 1,650 delegates and guests on large screens in the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Obama echoed a theme sounded earlier in the day by AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka when he said that wages are failing to keep pace with inflation. He claimed credit for filling empty seats on the National Labor Relations Board, a move he said will help workers organize into unions. A standoff with Republicans over the constitutionality of his appointees to the board was resolved in July when the Senate approved new nominees.
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via Obama Defends Jobs Record in Video Address to AFL-CIO – Bloomberg.
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