AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka pumped up the crowd with a fiery speech about how workers need to mobilize and organize for a better future and to get out the vote for Mary Burke because we can't afford another 4 years of Scott Walker! Trumka explained, “Scott Walker is the symbol of the anti-worker. Gov. Walker stands for pushing every worker to the bottom.”
Trumka praised the spirit and the unity of the Wisconsin labor movement, and credited the collective action of the Act 10 protests with awakening a movement by inspiring "our entire country to look again at this thing called 'collective bargaining.'” Since Act 10, working people have mobilized to support exciting campaigns like the fast-food strikes, the Walmart walk-outs, and have stood together to push for a higher minimum wage and paid sick days for all workers.
Trumka reminded the crowd that working people want populism and they want a progressive agenda that can provide them with assurances that better economic times are ahead. To realize this vision, union members will have to work hard, get involved, get motivated and get active to make sure Wisconsin elects the right candidates on Election Day.
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