Speech
Trumka Presents Maina Kiai with Meany-Kirkland Human Rights Award
… you for being here. Congressman-elect Raskin, thank you for your remarks. Congratulations on your victory. We look forward to having a close working relationship in the years ahead. And thank you to the many leaders of our own movement I see here … created the Freedom of Assembly and Association mandate in 2011, and I could not be more pleased with the powerful work of its first mandate holder, Maina Kiai. You see, our global labor movement relies on the ability of people to freely … and compelling manner. Mr. Kiai isn’t only concerned with developing countries. He witnessed serious violations of the right to freely assemble here in the United States, and we have heard from Daniel and Lee about violations in their own …