What We’re Doing In Missouri Select type Article Event Media Hit Multimedia Report Resolution Speech Statement Apply February 1, 2016 Speech Trumka at Race Commission Hearing: Racism is a Cancer Racism is a cancer, and it will destroy us if left untreated. September 15, 2014 Speech Trumka: "Our brother killed our sister's son." "Our brother killed our sister's son." AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks on race and the labor movement in St. Louis after the shooting death of Michael Brown.