Speech
Trumka Makes 2016 Election Closing Argument
… I’m Rich Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. It is great to be back in my home state of Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is a proud union town! Thank you, President Gerard, for hosting us. … I need you to dig just a little deeper and push just a little harder. We are on the brink of something truly special. It’s right there in front of us. For decades, the economic rules have been written by and for the wealthy. But we are changing … with reinforcements like Katie McGinty. Katie is fighting for a new direction on trade. She supports equal pay for equal work. She wants to protect Social Security and Medicare and strengthen worker rights. And what about Pat Toomey? He can’t …