Speech
Trumka in Michigan: 2020 Must Be About Workers
… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka today delivered the following remarks to the Michigan AFL-CIO Convention: Thank you, Brother Ron (Bieber), for that kind introduction. You want to talk about an … and downs in the last half century. But, I’ve never experienced anything quite like the uprising happening across America right now. Working people aren’t sitting quietly...as the wealthy continue to rig the rules of the economy that we built with … the ropes. They thought the fight would be called...or workers would throw in the towel. They thought we would continue to work longer and harder for less. They thought they could take our health care and pensions and peace of mind, no questions …