Speech
Shuler: Maine Is Organizing and Winning
… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler delivered the following remarks as prepared to the Maine AFL-CIO Convention: Hello Maine, Labor! I’m honored to be with you—even by video. Thank you Cynthia, Doug, Patrick, all the officers—and of course Matt and the entire team for your hard work and dedication. Cynthia, my IBEW sister—you’re blazing a trail as the first woman to lead the Maine federation. And I … on Twitter! Check out the hashtag: Striketober. 100,000 union members are either on strike or have authorized a strike. Right now—this is across industries and all over the country. This is how we win progress. We build pressure and momentum, …