AFL-CIO President Tackles Prejudice

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka takes racism by its demonic horns and defends the Union vote for Barack Obama.

There’s no evil that’s afflicted more pain and more suffering than racism.  And it’s something that we in the labor movement have a very, very special responsibility to challenge.  It’s our special responsibility because we know better than anyone else how racism is used to divide working people.  We see how companies set worker against worker.”