NPR, September 1, 2011, Thursday

NPR

September 1, 2011, Thursday

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Labor's Criticism Of Obama Grows Louder

At a recent breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor newspaper, Trumka criticized Obama, saying without bolder action on the economy, the president "doesn't become a leader anymore. He's being a follower."

That criticism didn't surprise Kate Bronfenbrenner, a labor expert at Cornell University.

"The labor movement sees that he [Obama] keeps on acting as if he just moves further to the center, maybe then Republicans will stop being so intractable," she said.