Trumka: Grow America’s Economy by Investing in Infrastructure, Job Development
U.S. economic and trade policies over the past three decades have led to jobs lost offshore and a shrinking middle class, and the United States must address this economic bleed through trade policies and investment in infrastructure and manufacturing, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said today.
Speaking this morning to the International Economic Development Council, Trumka said the United States must invest in building the 21st century infrastructure necessary for our future, including high-speed mass transit, smart utilities and universal high-speed broadband. That investment, in turn, would boost manufacturing because we will then:
buy what we need in America—from concrete, wire, steel and pipes to high-speed trains. And all this will restore revenues for crucial state and local services.
