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NEVADA STATE AFL-CIO COPE CONVENTION
March 25, 2010 & March 26, 2010
 

The Nevada State ALF-CIO COPE Convention is where labor leaders from around the state gather to endorse candidates for the 2010 elections and to discuss issues important to Nevada's working families.

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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Record Wall Street Bonuses
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Record Wall Street Bonuses

January 19, 2010 Hard-working Americans will not be ATMs for Wall Street.

Just a year ago, Wall Street banks pleaded for taxpayers to bail them out to save us all from financial disaster.  We did.  So now that banks and securities firms are on their feet again, whats their response?
A  record $145 billion in executive bonuses for 2009a year when more than  four million Americans lost their jobs, largely because of the actions  of these very institutions.  That is simply unacceptable. 

Hard-working Americans will not be ATMs for Wall Street.  Today the AFL-CIO demands that Wall Street stop bankrupting America.
 
 

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