Thugs united.
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today applauded President Obama for using his constitutional authority to appoint well-qualified people to government posts that are key to protecting working people from union-busting corporations and financial predators.
Defying obstructionists in Congress, President Obama took action to ensure that we have a functioning National Labor Relations Board to protect the rights of workers in this country. He named Richard Griffin, Sharon Block and Terence F. Flynn to the NLRB, where they will continue the necessary work of making sure workplaces are productive, fair and safe while safeguarding workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively.
He also named Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In the new role created by financial reform legislation, Cordray will protect American working families from abuses by the financial industry.