This morning, the panel "Should the Koch Brothers Own the Tribune Newspapers?" is discussing the potential sale of the group of newspapers to Charles and David Koch at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., at 9 a.m. EDT. As we've covered on the blog before, the Kochs are interested in buying the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and other leading newspapers owned by the Tribune Co.  

Watch the event live after the jump or here: www.aflcio.org/koch-brothers.

The H-2B guest worker visa program is plagued by fraud and abuse. Designed to allow employers to hire temporary guest workers for nonagricultural labor, the H-2B program lacks provisions, which would protect workers from wage theft, forced labor, predatory recruitment fees and other forms of exploitation. Guest workers in the United States are legally tied to their employer and are often forced to assume crippling debts for the opportunity to pursue low-wage work.

In a major address at the National Press Club today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka charted an aggressive independent approach by working people and their unions to build the power of working people in the workplace and in the political sphere. Trumka told the live audience and thousands of viewers on C-SPAN and other news outlets:

Working people want a labor movement strong enough to help return balance to our economy, fairness to our tax system, security to our families and moral and economic standing to our nation. Our role is not to build the power of a political party or a candidate. It is to improve the lives of working families and strengthen our country.

Here’s a reminder: Tomorrow, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will deliver an address at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., outlining the tough questions the nation faces and reviewing the anti-worker actions in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will deliver a major address May 20 at the National Press Club’s luncheon in Washington, D.C. Trumka will put a sharp edge on the questions our nation faces as he reflects on recent activity in states like Wisconsin and Ohio and looks toward the 2012 elections. He’ll discuss demands for austerity in a jobless economic recovery, as housing prices go down and gas prices go up, and the shared values that can and should form America’s path forward.

Tomorrow, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will detail the choices elected leaders across the country are facing and outline working people’s vision for the future of the American economy when he delivers a major speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.