FORCES OF REACTION: Big Labor threatens to end careers of Democrats who support entitlement reform. “In a shot across the bow of political moderates, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka threatened Monday to use Big Labor’s resources to unseat any Democrat who supports entitlement reform. Trumka made the comments in a speech at the annual meeting International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans in Las Vegas. He was reacting to reports that lawmakers may pursue some type of restraint in the ever-rising costs of programs like Social Security and Medicare.”