Executive Council Statement
Bush Cabinet Appointments
… statement was approved by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2001. The AFL-CIO is committed to working with President-elect Bush and his administration to advance the interests and well-being of working Americans and … issues. Most of the nominees do not support our agenda to benefit working families. But we have confidence that we can work together to find common ground, and recognize that it is divisive as well as self-defeating to refuse to support … We believe it is the job of ordinary citizens to pass final judgement on cabinet appointees, just as it is our legal right to elect the president and members of the U.S. Congress. The working men and women and the unions of the AFL-CIO will, …