Obama Defends Jobs Record to Skeptical AFL-CIO Delegates
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President Barack Obama defended his record on helping U.S. workers in a speech to the AFL-CIO convention amid signs of discontent with his labor policies among union leaders and rank-and-file members.
Obama yesterday told the largest U.S. labor organization that his administration has worked to lower unemployment, lift the manufacturing sector and lower taxes for middle-class families. Since the financial crisis, U.S. businesses have created 7 million jobs and the automobile industry is leading a comeback of the nation’s manufacturing sector, he said.