Speech
Liz Shuler Acceptance Speech at the 29th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention
… And when he returned to Oregon, he found a job as a hole digger at Portland General Electric. But it was a power lineman’s apprenticeship that put him on the path to a good union job. That changed everything. In one generation, our family had a … bridge to high-growth, high-demand careers. As industries change, we are the place people can upskill and reskill. Our apprenticeship programs have been putting people on the path to the middle class for more than 100 years. That’s what lifted …