Today's Labor Quote: Richard Trumka

"Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on." 
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Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, was the president of the United Mine Workers during the successful strike against Pittston. September 1989 Pittston rally photo by Gregg Matthews

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