TRUMKA NAMED TO OBAMA ECONOMIC ADVISORY PANEL

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka has been named to the new economic advisory panel that will serve as President Obama’s team of experts. In announcing creation of the panel last year, Obama said the group will prevent policy from being made in an echo chamber in Washington. Trumka will join a who’s who list of top economists, corporate executives and academics. The White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which is modeled after the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board used by President Eisenhower in the 1950s, will be chaired by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker. continue reading