Speech
Shuler: The Labor Movement Chooses Democracy
… the following remarks as prepared: Hello everyone, I’m Liz Shuler, President of the AFL-CIO. Thank you. It’s an honor to be here with so many global leaders and advocates, and especially my friend Secretary Walsh and Deputy Undersecretary Thea … for millions of immigrants in a shadow economy. Fight for racial and gender justice. And look what’s happening: right now, across industries throughout the U.S., working people are taking risks, walking out of jobs, going on strike. We … threatened. Our movement is one of the most powerful counterforces to Autocracy 4.0. Our adversaries may be networked—but work connects all of us—and we are using our powerful connections to lift up all working people—in the U.S. and globally. We …