Speech
Trumka at AFT Rally: We're Ready For a Fight
… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka today delivered the following remarks at an AFT rally opposing cuts to health care and education: Good afternoon, everybody! I’m Rich Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO! It is great to be here! … did that! Today we’ve won an important fight, but the battle rages on. They’ll bring it up again, and again, and we’ll be right there to kill it every time! Because together, we are an unstoppable force. And if you think today’s victory feels … union busting and school vouchers—of corporate handouts and a race to the bottom—we will remember in November. Either work with us or we will elect someone who will. We’re ready for a fight. Our opponents are bold. But we’re bolder. They’re …