Speech
Trumka to Boilermakers Convention: Your Values Are In Exactly the Right Place
… Thank you, Brother Newt [Jones] . I appreciate you and your union tremendously. Solidarity and a commitment to America’s middle class are front and center for the Boilermakers. Thank you for bringing me to Vegas to speak to your convention. Your union is strong and has a powerful future, because your values are in exactly the right place. I particularly want to acknowledge the Boilermakers’ vision and activism when it comes to the responsible … need to live a good life. And our agenda drives our politics, not the other way around. America’s labor movement doesn’t work for any party or candidate. We work for working people, period. Yes, we will stand with candidates who stand with us, …