Obama Hosting Labor Leaders At White House For Order Signing -- "A Big Deal"
The Obama administration has notified leading labor officials that it will host them at the White House tomorrow at an event where President Obama plans to sign an untold number of executive orders that are friendly to organized labor, several labor sources tell me.
The event, which hasn’t been announced yet, is being seen as a big deal by organized labor officials, because it will affirm Obama’s commitment to the unions at a critical moment, and it’s the first White House event solely dedicated to hosting labor leaders. Among those who will attend tomorrow: AFL-CIO chief John Sweeney and senior SEIU official and Change to Win chair Anna Burger, sources said.
Union officials have been looking for a labor-friendly gesture like this from the White House. Some are privately grumbling that the administration hasn’t signaled a firm enough commitment to the Employee Free Choice Act, labor’s top priority. Others say he hasn’t been aggressively pushing for the confirmation of Labor Secretary designate Hilda Solis, which is still held up in limbo by Republicans for various reasons.
Spokespeople for AFL and SEIU declined comment, and the White House didn’t immediately respond.
“Administration officials have informed us that executive orders involving labor issues will be signed tomorrow at the White House, with labor leaders invited to attend,” a senior official at a major union told me. It’s not known precisely which executive orders are set to be overturned, and top union officials are scrambling right now to try to figure out what precisely the White House has in mind.
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The event, which hasn’t been announced yet, is being seen as a big deal by organized labor officials, because it will affirm Obama’s commitment to the unions at a critical moment, and it’s the first White House event solely dedicated to hosting labor leaders. Among those who will attend tomorrow: AFL-CIO chief John Sweeney and senior SEIU official and Change to Win chair Anna Burger, sources said.
Union officials have been looking for a labor-friendly gesture like this from the White House. Some are privately grumbling that the administration hasn’t signaled a firm enough commitment to the Employee Free Choice Act, labor’s top priority. Others say he hasn’t been aggressively pushing for the confirmation of Labor Secretary designate Hilda Solis, which is still held up in limbo by Republicans for various reasons.
Spokespeople for AFL and SEIU declined comment, and the White House didn’t immediately respond.
“Administration officials have informed us that executive orders involving labor issues will be signed tomorrow at the White House, with labor leaders invited to attend,” a senior official at a major union told me. It’s not known precisely which executive orders are set to be overturned, and top union officials are scrambling right now to try to figure out what precisely the White House has in mind.
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