Speech
Trumka at RWDSU Convention: Our Values Show Us the Way Forward
… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered the following remarks at the RWDSU convention: Good morning, RWDSU! It is great to be with you today. Thank you, Stuart (Appelbaum), for that kind introduction. Let’s hear it for your president Stuart … EchoLab, from poultry plants to car washes, the RWDSU is an organizing union! I am particularly inspired by the work you are doing here in the South. Your Alabama council has doubled, growing from 5,000 to 10,000 members. And while you … the freedom to bargain with your employer for a fair wage and a good life. We want health care as a fundamental human right. We should be expanding Medicare to cover everyone 55 and older. We should rein in the power and influence of drug …