Speech
Trumka to IUPAT: We Are Union!
… 32nd General Convention: Thank you, Brother Ken (Rigmaiden), for that very kind introduction. You are a trade unionist to the core. You, Brother George (Galis) and the entire Painters and Allied Trades team are doing an incredible job lifting … family. One job should be enough! No one should go broke just because they get sick. No one should be afraid of dying at work or school or the mall. No one should earn less because of their gender. No one should be fired for who they are. … He ripped Wall Street greed and pledged his commitment to changing the economic rules. Well, he’s changed them all right—but not to benefit any of us. Wall Street got another windfall tax cut. The new NAFTA is still more NAFTA than new. We …