Speech
Richard L. Trumka Acceptance Speech at the AFL-CIO 2017 Convention
… Thank you. I’m humbled and honored. First, I want to thank Lee Saunders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for nominating me, and Randi … rough. She did more than teach. She inspired. That’s a way of looking at the world that’s getting attention across America right now. It’s a kind of unionism and responsibility and solidarity that has been hard to find in America for a long, long … office. It is what drives me today. Our labor movement is more unified, more focused, more fiscally sound… because of the work we’ve done together. Now we’re ready to write the next chapter. Because no matter what we hear from the naysayers, we …