Speech
Trumka: Black Lives Matter
… exploits the health consequences of systemic racism, and the virus rips apart the economy. In turn, mass unemployment adds to and is channeled through racial inequality. These devastating, dangerous challenges are intertwined. But guess what: so … Black Lives Matter. Black. Lives. Matter. But here’s what doesn’t matter: when it comes to your dignity, to your right to live a full life, a life free from fear—it should not matter what your race is. Or how you pray. Or where you were … Dr. King addressed the Fourth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO. He shared that day his dream that “all who work for a living will be one, with no thought of their separateness.” That solidarity is the foundation of the labor …