AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama
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AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer (now President) Richard Trumka blasts racism and underlines why workers should vote Obama in 2008. Excerpt of speech given at Steelworkers convention July 1, 2008, sponsored by USW President Leo Gerard. FABULOUS! Entire speech at http://www.usw.org/multimedia/video
Mr. Trumka formerly served as president of the United Mine Workers of America.
UPDATE: President Trumka was named by Esquire Magazine' as one of 100 Americans of the 2011. http://www.esquire.com/features/americans-2011/richard-trumka-1211
UPDATE: On September 16, 2009 Mr. Trumka was elected to be the President of the AFL-CIO, the national labor federation. He made history when two women joined his team: Liz Shuler, former executive assistant to the Electrical Workers (IBEW) President, was elected as the Secretary-Treasurer, and AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker, was elected to continue on that position.
UPDATE: On February 6, 2009 Mr. Trumka was appointed to The White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board, to be chaired by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker.
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Racism is what got Obama elected.
Not voting for the smart guy, the best option to help the country.
But only because of the color of his skin.
No mater how hard you try to spin it: THAT is racism in its purest form.
stap0510 1 month ago
@meccaturbo Nothing new here. Whites have been so stupid as to vote against their own interests from the early 17th century!!! That is how the rich white landowner kept a hold on the country. That is a fact. Whites are still more racist than smart in america.
REASONINFUSION 2 months ago
Obama gonna "fight for people like us"? Yeah right, Trumka retard...Obama's presidency is being bought just as much as Bush's was. Trumka is as dumb as you can possibly get.
meccaturbo 3 months ago
RON PAUL because Obama did nothing he said he would do
ouluvme2 3 months ago
@redreaper2020 So if they pay an honest wage to union employees here, they will have lesser transportation costs. Those union employees will be living here, spending their money at other businesses here, and putting their money in banks here. Companies want to go overseas to put their money in foreign factories whose employees do not put any money in our economy. How does that help enrich companies here?
tenhirankei 4 months ago
@tenhirankei Yes, it's sweatshop labor there. That's why we make things there--wages are rock-bottom. This is economics 101; the wages have to stay virtually nonexistent in order to offset the transportation costs.
And we're losing members in unions because of the companies themselves, who do anything they can to bash unions because it means they have to pay an honest wage.
redreaper2020 4 months ago
As long as our governmet keeps giving away money to the global corporate interests, they will continue to exercise their free will by using that money in foreign lands for profit. They will never build in America if the American people let them continue to get tax breaks to hire outside the US. Why should they? Since 2001 the rich have gotten a tax break along with american money invested in foreign markets. Now republicans want to give them more tax breaks to hire overseas. Fuck a republican!
teabaggersblow 4 months ago
@tenhirankei Read your very own posts. You said most Americans disagree with my take on Obama. My take on Obama is like my take on any politician. Corporate america has been transformed into corporate greed with one party and half of another party doing their bidding. Yea republicans go in lock stock and barrel. For me giving away perks to companies just becasue you can makes that person a fucking whore. And I believe republicans are 100% whore.
teabaggersblow 4 months ago