blatch >> richard trumka president of the afl coy, representing 12,000 workers, a long time low. trumka says the workers need a better deal. >> we've given with our wages, we've given with our jobs, we've given with our homes. >> you can't look and say it's the president's fault. he's tried. now would i have done some things different? you bet i would. >> fighting for more jobs. a better deal on obamacare. >> it's a national disgrace. >> from washington, d.c, richard trumka joins us on talk al jazeera. >> thank you. >> this is the lowest level in 100 years. you come from a mining family. decades spent in unions. did you ever think it would get to this point? >> no, i never did because i know the need for union and i know how workers need union. i never thought it would get to this. but i never also thought that there would be the concerted attack that we have seen in this country by big business, by politicians going after workers and their ability to have a voice on the job and in politics. >> do unions though bare some of the responsibility for not keeping up with the times? >>

. >> richard trumka president of the afl coy, representing 12,000 workers, a long time low.rumka says the workers need a better deal. >> we've given with our wages, we've given with our jobs, we've given with our homes. >> you can't look and say it's the president's fault. he's tried. now would i

. >> richard trumka president of the afl coy, representing 12,000 workers, a long time low. trumka says the workers need a better deal. >> we've given with our wages, we've given with our jobs, we've given with our homes. >> you can't look and say it's the president's fault. he's tried. now would i have don

. >> richard trumka, president of afl-cio says of warren a prototype of someone we wants to be president of the united states leads from conviction in short it don't get no better. what say you? >> the reason to talk about this is that if hillary clinton doesn't run, and you have heard from a lot of conservatives who are already looking for a reason for her not to run because she would be a dynamo if she did, they talk about her age as one factor. they talk about her family background. they talk about her health. if she doesn't run, elizabeth warren is going to explode as the number one alternative. i think joe biden is a substantial candidate. people like him a lot. again, if you go a little bit younger, i think she is in her early 60's. what you see is elizabeth warren as someone who really has the sense of conviction that she can talk in the way that president obama did back in the 2008 campaign about what is right and what's right and yes we can all of that comes back with a flourish with elizabeth warren. when she was asked in this interview should anyone have gone to jail are to th

trumka?> well, we have a good relationship i think with a number of labor leaders and i spent a great deal of time with them and their representatives over the last few years on several issues with been discussing here, tpp, ttip, other labor rights issues and the enforcement issues. we have taken their input very seriously into our negotiating position, not just on the labor chapter but on issues around enterprises or rules of origin, and various market access issues. so they have been a good partner at the table in helping us shape our negotiating proposals. again not the willingness to agree on everything and not that any stakeholder group is likely to get 100% of what they want to 100% of the chapters 100% of the time. this is negotiation but we were close to with it. we share a number of their concerns, and with afford to continuing that work on the tpp, on ttip and across our trade agenda. >> thank you, ambassador. >> mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, ambassador, for

rich trumka is turning on his organization and faith communities are reaching out to their workers likeel boasting -- joel olsteen. many committed leaders and friends are here with us. we thank you, one and all. we look forward to working with you in the weeks and months ahead here. i must single out several support areas. thanks to hank greenberg starr foundation, a veteran of two wars since self, he knows the concerns and has enabled our mission to raise awareness and to support military caregivers since day one a warm thanks to the military warrior project. he served as a lead partner on the rand study. i know you're out there. thank you much and a big thank you to jacqueline for her incredible support over the course of my life i have witnessed the generosity of the american people and the fact that we are a nation of problem solvers. the circumstances of our caregivers is a huge problem. and predictably heartwarming fashion, the problem-solving has begun. it is a privilege to announce some early commitments from our coalition that i believe will inspire others. we know that militar

theard trumka, the head of union weighed in on the scotus decision yesterday.e need fundamental reform. average, ordinary americans should have as strong a voice as the koch brothers do in politics. lynn, independent color. -- caller. caller: i am upset over the comment that there was no conspiracy with the irs. e-mails prove that there is. for you to allow her to make that comment and get away with it is absolutely wrong. judge roberts made a big mistake whenng obamacare attacks it was not even argued for that. what is happening with our country is a shame. i am so scared for the future of our country. our politics have become so corrupt. people have walked away from it. our country is doomed if it continues this way. needs to beg chastised publicly. thank you. host: let's give her a chance to respond. there were multiple investigations, multiple hearings into the irs scandal. as i said before, i believe the irs went about investigating these nonprofit groups in an improper manner. they used shorthand, the names of the groups to decide whether or not they were