VIDEO: Trumka denounces racism in speech to United Steelworkers
Written by Hank Berger and Ted Weiss
Thursday, 07 August 2008
On Jul. 1, Richard Trumka spoke to the United Steelworkers' convention and spoke passionately against racism. -- An excerpt of his speech endorsing Barack Obama has been posted on YouTube.[1] -- BACKGROUND: Richard Trumka, 59, is a third-generation mine worker from Pennsylvania who started to work in the mines at the age of 19. -- He later graduated from Penn State and has a law degree from Villanova University, and served as president of the United Mine Workers from 1982 to 1995....
AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka blasts racism and underlines why workers should vote Obama in 2008. Excerpt of speech at Steelworkers convention July 1, 2008, sponsored by USWA President Leo Gerard. FABULOUS! Entire speech at:
