Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO criticize Trump’s union busting

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Federation of Labor and The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) are criticizing Trump’s signing of an executive order Thursday.

Trump signed an executive order to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies involved with national security on Thursday.

The Iowa Federation of Labor and AFL-CIO responded Friday, stating Trump’s order is a “disgusting and underhanded attack on the very union workers he claimed to stand for.”

According to the Iowa Federation of Labor and AFL-CIO, collective bargaining is essential, and Trump’s executive order is an attack on union workers across the state and nation.

In the statement released Friday, the groups declared “the labor movement in Iowa and nationally won’t be silent, we won’t back down, and we will win.”

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