Speech
Trumka on Labor Day: Work Lifts Us Up
… Happy Labor Day! It’s great to be in Pittsburgh! Everything comes together on Labor Day. First, we’re here to celebrate work. Work lifts us up, gives us dignity, provides for our families. And Labor Day is all about lifting ourselves up, about … we also appreciate the rights we have in this great country, the rights to free speech and free assembly, including the right to stand together on the job in a union to bargain collectively for a better life, so our economy can work for all of …