Reverend Addie L. Wyatt: A Champion of Labor and Civil Rights

Organizing is the lifeblood of the union movement. It is through organizing that our union was born. It was organizing that enabled us to negotiate our earliest contracts, not to mention all of the subsequent gains we’ve made at the bargaining table ever since. It is organizing that gives us our collective power, and organizing will be what sustains and strengthens our union for years to come.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered the following remarks at a labor movement convening on sexual harassment:
Good morning, everybody. And thank you for being here.
I want to start by reading the AFL-CIO Code of Conduct, which is also printed out on the cards in front of you. It is as follows:

When management changes an established working
The Mexican government has filed legislation that would substantially weaken rights for working people. In response, the AFL-CIO filed a complaint alleging that Mexico is violating the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, the NAFTA labor side deal.
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