AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during a National Press Club luncheon to discuss the labor movement's strategy under Trump's administration, in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Deputy Chief of Staff Thea Lee resigned on Tuesday from President Donald Trump's manufacturing council, slamming his remarks about protests in Virginia and saying he "tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism."
The statement by the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labour unions in the United States, cited Trump's remarks at a news conference earlier Tuesday in which he said both left- and right-wing groups were to blame for violence in Virginia after a white supremacist rally on Saturday.
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