Speech
Shuler to ATU: Worker Power Starts with Democracy
… D.C.: Thank you, John [Costa]! Good morning, ATU family! Are there any Canadians in the room? Bonjour. It’s great to be here with all of you. Happy Pride! How many first-timers at the conference? Are you fired up?! I want to recognize … of Local 689. Who stood up to Keolis last January. Who went on strike for weeks, in the dead of winter, demanding what was right — and galvanizing the labor movement in Northern Virginia and the surrounding area. I think about Local 1447 in … a great contract at the Transit Authority of the River City (TARC) — even against the headwinds in Kentucky, a right-to-work state. You stand up, fight back and find a way. Again and again. And you know what solidarity means. I was thinking back …