AFL-CIO Tears Apart Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: ‘Immediate Harm to Millions’

Source: The Western Journal | March 12, 2019 | Tim Pearce

The largest organization of labor unions in the U.S. slammed the Green New Deal on Friday for combatting climate change by threatening the livelihoods of millions of Americans.

The AFL-CIO sent a letter on Friday to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, the two Democratic lawmakers leading the Green New Deal push in Congress. The labor group demanded a larger role in crafting future solutions, slamming the current proposal as “not achievable or realistic.”

“We will not accept proposals that could cause immediate harm to millions of our members and their families,” the letter says.

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  • Woodcutter #28368

    So she’s not in the pocket of the labor unions, just the puppet of Saikat Chakrabarti…

    EVERYDAY #28369

    If the unions don’t want this green deal, it won’t happen. Unions are in league with the Democrats, maybe they even rule over the Democrats. They are the Dems’ major donors. Dems will not do anything to alienate the unions.

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