Speech
Trumka to Bricklayers Convention: Together We Rise
… extremely proud of this union. You make good buildings. You bargain good contracts. You organize. You stand up for what’s right. You live the theme of this convention… “Build… Adapt… Change.” 150 years ago… bricklayers and stone masons and craft workers of all kinds stepped away from their jobs and joined the fight to end the evil of slavery. After a terribly long and bloody war, the forces of freedom prevailed. Some of those soldiers … in your resolution against mass incarceration and your statements for justice and #blacklivesmatter. I see it in your work for immigration reform and for your direct advocacy for union and non-union bricklayers alike. Every day, and in every …