Trumka to union members: We're being targeted

[proud2BlibKansan]

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addressed Communication Workers of America (CWA) union members on a conference call Tuesday evening and relayed his concern about the current battle across the United States over union collective bargaining power, immigration, and education among other issues:

"See, the fact is the fight for workers' rights and immigrant rights are cut out of the same cloth, because the politicians and their CEO backers are targeting all of us... all working people. They're targeting immigrants. They're targeting our collective bargaining rights. They're targeting professors...trying to silence them if they dare teach something right or a progressive value. They're going after the poor, trying to take away their voting rights by passing legislation that would say you have to have a driver's license in order to be able to vote, like the old poll taxes did to us. They're targeting every progressive group out there to promote their corporate backed political agenda and to continue a power grab."

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[lpbk2713]

1. Glad to see them fight back.

Organized labor has been a whipping boy for far too long.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Found this link on a right wing blog

Like it's a bad thing for Trumka to say.

They're really trying hard to spin this union bad meme.

[blondeatlast]

3. Trumka is the best thing to happen to the labor movement in decades--

and I think the RW knows it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. He spoke at the AFT convention last summer

He was just incredible.

[blondeatlast]

7. I really think that's why the RW is targeting unions right now. Trumka has the wisdom and

savvy to bring ALL of labor (including immigrant workers) together. That's a scary proposition for TPTB.

[OhioBlue]

4. spot on.... n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. There are some nasty comments at that link

[pacalo]

8. K&R!

:thumbsup: