Speech
Trumka to Utility Workers: The Only Way to Go is Up
… Good morning, everyone. Brother Mike [Langford] , thank you for that introduction. It is great to be here. If you don’t mind, I’d like today to be more of a conversation than a speech. For you, this is an executive board … mines. We didn’t have a lot of money. But we were rich in the things that matter most: faith, family and community. The work was tough. It was dangerous. But because my grandfather had the security of a union contract, he was able to give my … Through blood and sweat, we helped create the greatest middle class the world has ever known. Along the way, the corporate right-wing has never stopped trying to push us down. First, there were company unions. That gave way to goon squads and …