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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the challenges for union labor across the country.
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You know Richie dropped it was just remember the last time we chatted with -- each other we've worked on a -- you're actually right -- works.
We're we're we're -- across the street for the White House event.
Let's remember who have been on the roof so we're talking very I'm very happy that -- dropped -- -- -- AFL CIO.
And talk about a guy who he gets out of Baghdad Richard he was ever considered running off fifty reminded me.
-- already president vehicles oh yeah as to how much like what you did a good job here -- it comes at a time Richard we're saying.
Don't believe the media selling the unions are on defense -- in trouble but they do appear to be spent today do appear to be -- -- disavow me of that.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- I was shocked last week deal when I saw the platform of the Republican Party.
It was the most anti union anti worker platform of any major party in the history of our country I was shocked -- Because I know there -- people in that party that don't believe things that are in that platform.
So where under.
We've been under attack for thirty years now.
Doesn't surprise us we've lost manufacturing -- now they're starting to come back that's good for us that's good for the country bring in all those jobs back so.
It doesn't surprise as we've been in place before and we've done well we'll come back again.
I had no idea to -- -- the button that you were for Barack Obama will never know.
I can't go well I added that -- -- -- -- -- -- -- It's not just Republicans who are having -- be reviewed -- writing and you look at San Jose and a numbers cities that advance their public unions at least.
Guys -- gonna have to draw these benefits and increases in a little bit because there's no more money in the till I'm not saying people are anti union.
But there.
-- -- What do you do to address.
-- personal there's a difference in how a lot of the Republican governors and the democratic governors and mayors treated people.
-- when there's a legitimate problem.
When we have a short short falls short coming unions have always stepped up to the plate and be willing to help they're willing -- -- our fair share take responsible.
The bank pins in Scott Walker comes -- he has a surplus he is a big tax cuts to corporation pieces now I have a deficit and you have to pay for.
-- -- We're willing to work quickly on the pensions were willing to work with the unveiled here.
That's -- what it was a but I unveiled the throwing him out of office well I don't know we took that the senate back from him he won't be able to get those deals that he's good.
-- and a lot of money do you spend seventy multimillion and Clarkson did not have an eight minutes spent a lot of money there and and me we still an hour we can't.
Did valves will look at the records -- -- -- salary in a week's work release been out the end nausea and had no money involved with got a little little -- parts of the union -- don't do generically or unions and -- a lot of money there to help.
-- a minute they'll learn lessons anyone's opinion here milk they had not you do saying there's a few members -- but that though that was an eight.
Well I'm not saying I don't know what I'm saying in his basement 75 million dollars in -- -- against us.
We did spend fifteen million.
Upon what is.
Going on here though Richard where.
We are and again I have to divided Republican Friday's -- in your right to pointed out that.
They're not doing enough they're not throwing -- -- they're not conceding enough are you saying enough is enough with that or that they looked.
To a lot of America itself is like the whole -- thing when it wanted to transfer to South Carolina right to work state.
And then it looked like unions are trying to stop that that would -- thousand jobs -- union jobs.
Honolulu image suffered for -- Well you know look do we do everything right now they take billing for instance.
They came out and Boeing admitted to violating the law.
They said were taken those jobs there because your union.
That's against the law.
-- the land deal is still not to tolerate collective bargaining with the law of the -- says noting that our government all the hard government will lead hurry.
The process of totally.
I don't I don't want after -- ticket but what Boeing -- -- just wanted to expand and operates in a new plant in a different states that in your right to work states.
They're free to do that.
But then of course they are and that's a big -- but but they know what they can't do is.
Moved jobs to punish somebody today union jobs that they -- -- time though they did -- stuff.
Those jobs were supposed to be.
We think the -- with this Reverend Wright but they violated the law and they openly violated its normally hard to prove that.
But -- admitted.
What they were doing.
-- -- heard them and why you're donating violent and -- but what you're right we get we could argue.
