Speech
Trumka: The Survival of Democracy Anywhere Depends on Working People To Defend It Everywhere
… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered the following remarks to the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas: Toni Moore, thank you for that introduction. And more importantly, thank … have the power to shape policies and our collective future, we ensure our political, economic and social systems actually work for working people. Working people demand and deserve that power. In Argentina. In Brazil. In the United States. … agenda we are counting on President Biden and the U.S. government to deliver—is democracy reform. Since January, right-wing lawmakers have introduced legislation that would make it harder to vote in 43 of our 50 states. You see, democracy …