(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the budget resolution under consideration in the House of Representatives this week:

While Elon Musk is busy trying to fire the Federal Workforce and gut the government services we all rely on, Congress is gearing up to pass a massive tax giveaway to giant corporations and the ultra-wealthy on the backs of Working People. 

The Republican Budget Bill the House is aiming to pass this week would slash programs like Medicaid and food assistance for children, taking away care from grandparents in nursing homes, premature babies in the NICU and leaving kids hungry.

It also puts millions of Americans’ jobs at risk, including Nursing Home and Home Care Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Midwives, and hospital and Community Health Care Center Workers, along with jobs across food processing and production.

These deep, unnecessary cuts will hit rural communities and poorer States hardest, forcing those State and Local Governments to stretch what little budget they have even further.

That means everyone’s jobs, from Librarians and Public Utility Workers to EMTs and Firefighters, could be at risk.

This budget resolution is an attack on the jobs, families and communities of everyday Americans.

We call on every member of Congress to stand with the Working People of this country and vote no.

To Directly Access President Shuler’s Statement, Go To: AFL-CIO President Calls on Congress to Reject Budget Resolution That Will Hurt Jobs and Public Services | AFL-CIO

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