[iisrnle conversations] avnd good after news pps. Am duty technologolic pro. Remindho i house to silence their phone. Prsce press adio and cspan audiences to our guest speaker today, ric tmk psint t ac. Ppus n d keo troduce our head. All head table members have been introduc. From my left, michelle amb, re t niol ess clubs wire and retir bma. Chris, aournalt d rm writert rkg ic lisher, secretarytreasur era. Liz shuler, secretarytreasurer skipping over the podium, jamie ad othnphelig team so hes the n that hd gazeod ncu, jamie. Skpiver our speaker for a montjeff png, csumer reports. Tigative michael smith,aky rk nis iicago and a member of the ba principle at psg communicati chlo jrnisancoritoo buycreate icreate magazine. [app our guest today, richard trumka, has been psintf thnaos rgt bo ferati ac since 2009. Before that, he servcr and president of the united mine woerofmecahes native of pennsyan. Thafcio endorsed hillary meervod r na trump. 5 million stovbe after the election, surprise mr. Trumka extended an pridtecofri two togethern issues like trade views overlap. Hes taken a different tact tham th he scseissues like and infrastructurmr. Trumka sae is j, especially in areas where unio, have been in transition or decacr decidinghe01elti. Most recenthreatened to sue if r dertment trieso tedo a osinveime eligibilitymadministrn tgaovertimewhit elibitineaast december under obamachge tia del dgblke it. Heaprident and the aflcio arenei e t eye. T se mee nation is experiencing widening income back by e statecore a thcotsaking the wo o io tt charr. Im pleased now to turn ov llayutheflis potil ragyvethne several years and discuss what raos len isew licaenroen tha y. 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Whheyrela owhe, whether yre gay or straight, native born, or whether youre see iyote the crops in rooms in new york city, if mississippi, you should have the coworkers for a better life. Anabide by that. [applause] owayha al idea. Quite frankly, i say its ou thmont t tt there can be. D es vebe ae impoant time for workerse, whena say in our pay, and work to cloe that gap. Well lift up more families america that our founders built and that our children deserve. Now, this is what the vast jotyf erancrd t for in 2016. D trp hla cnt, ey reryg t r w onic rus, n w odog business, changing an economy so att rk f tm. Fit 0 ysf esenhe trumps mistti. D o ryfentacon ha erg. E, theres a that seeks to undermine donald tru omanthere a competing wing that could tulyinomprre tt rkg leee now, President Trump n decide who he stands wit thme and steelworkers and oth rul amics o pmid helpn s mpgnorhe wall street tycoonwhar ggg e ony o exns tt will be the single greatest st d e stefinthg s esen. 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Bdeatg at bad leslio wse aowl sse atf u pull aai ki if you say that youre with us to fail. And were applying that same tpps deathy, we were very certificate but working people usafilbeheeate. Andeitthpridt vi ll ithwot adde inisry, it appears that the ace. President trump has proposed a trillionolr me i amicret tl u. Thats the right scale to bmovement is ready to hit the but will he investheig wa ll high wages and fowoerbehe wui the roads and our bridgehe righn usvod emi ps what will he do with that . Wi hsi i wl vo . Concerned that the wall street wing of the arnd rolled back important federalon the job. Woples andioteurasic on in. D ayar lehi ss atinci virsusacin youbest intere, age at aute how outrageous that is. Th he a iyo bt interest when they give you by rolling that back, working peteofuretement ne anth trs e esens buet in the end, f number its values document. Its how wenoifouut you moy erisnfortunately, fails the test. 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Want treild the la a cngthrus our ec michael smith. T thor pnt the sth side cca. Ye mondae abcoecedmove h jotoexo d ftheed veheay as ths today. Mike, would you please o make oreos in the united at. Cookies. See, this factory is and make a dulisa mi. And placesikth sulno be tpa. The ceo of mondaleas ma ,0 aho. 200 million mark that she fohe one person. 9,000 an hour and in that se ho nis workers in mexico rnary rehan a dollar. As mp ucceptable. Prp, do whats right. Std ths. Stand with michael. Bring e bsom protect our pensions and invest thats what you said you were gog d [applause] now, building an economy thav putting our issues and oure well stand up to the corporate puics o ta w pelendheeolira democrats who take us for se wn r detys working people anr econicul, licis ll tha soong onlection day betwn e ss between the better of pelevethla w ar people want good j. A powerful majority of ameca suorunnsndur especially among young peopl and as i speak about unionism, at we can build, look, im not asking anybody, anonofs,o srar aly. I know it wont be easy. I kn wface long ds nothing. The future is truly ours to understand that qualitjo dont just gw on trees. Nibe dangerous and dirty. We me emetr. G together. You see, solidaritwos. Uny tuas american as apple pie. Only betr. Ene d weinanouccess spreads. And it workers are organiand a chance to improveay and benefits. Cs rie rent jnethsts. Hard working women and melo anlewore ognion with the sheet metal workers. Emoys baltire gas and electric said yes to. 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Tnkouyou very much. [a lot of questions so well keep you busy with those for a little while. Many ways in which the economy is notorng fororking ats e e mostmpactful trp me . Ne one. Gh give every worker out there yoaremoy f bte wages, better working coitnswhheyoha a it seems to me that in a country e eem aemy,he freedom of association, that woershlde le their employer for a share of what they produce. He udoha hp evis the power to increase their own warentecitanwll elinate the inequality gap. Wer econy 7 dreny coum sndg. Pumoy d, create demand. Ma cat jobs and theth 70whdt lie its necessary to live in a demoayhi syemru ds rkor us. Oveofoue,ad conversations directly with the pridt. Def m ri a othe conversations . Absolutely. I normally do not talk about spif tngth wtaed president or a senator or a congressman or with a union thk as prat coerti tt best kept private because people feel more coorinalngit i d r at we thought was necessary. D enlas at tug tions out of this. 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D,oudvat iyo rerk extremism and both political parties. Veallenge the right andefther ag while. W you square your goals come from workers. Ia irgeraonoa p th worrsn i ascie ts day with workers around the country. Hi , theyrs get the decisionial every single time. Our job is to giveac and let them make theisn, he president says i am for a does the we will let them know what you affects their , wth pitelor gave. Al i inyoseth ce wkers he e erchgl. Th is tohae e le isnomy sthat the economy ar f the vast d at the t oouerica hierarchy. Veheth ftsnd the come together. Vehethe issues. If we lead with the issues, pellwi ce tse issues. Anondo n, rks llno wke wl ow the more interestingg n is bn 19 important to live in a happensn isoury people tt liedhagoatapnst atoi . Veouevseyoar ifhesenove rules, r job is to maketh t ecomwos r s citizens, athecomyers e pele, not the people serving theesen woe r workers if he makeitter, we will say so. If he keitor, w y wby what he doeshat ss. Ppuse] through eveth h 142 of iohoehds n 42 union households. Coin tbeppli with that same feelg h din 2016 election cycle to union hoehds mrtrka yr atti. Those are not Union Members. Of union 37 36ofuremrs that is 3 more than mitt romney got. Illary clinton got 10 less of ourem barack obamaid ifree. It is here is what happened. He madepl beev. Even if they vot f hla teimpridt trump, th weor the same thing, to change the rules of want tonomy. Happen. They believed he wou dit meelveshe would do it. When that does not changed to make it worse for them, the mamerinsreea they wil dieaened wh the system. You have to ask yrsfle than 50 e popution actuay vote. Dng do imaer atr o nsi sethe less vibrant dey becomes. Thbe w itoivth t ctif we stop endorsing people ad start endorsing issu a a osthre ollavto agdaweilsuorthem. O ppt r su we do not them. Ifouuprts,e ppt u. Or e that stoue of dad h bn tougher and tougher forrids in e Republican Party that support r su. Wh woinpelenduprts. E mbesmaernd alr. Gs frustrating for usheemra . Re republicans who suorour issues and we will support them. We cnofi tm. Everywhere, tru m we look under rocks. We look everywhere. Cnofi tm. The more you give them the facts, it do n wre anybody at the edge is. Mte we people in the middle are. Just because you are on gedo n mean you cannot be rht if the five what is best for the countryndorhecomy i nca wchidorheing ppl, if it s nste whe llo. If it is bad for working people, inconsistent with our values, we will fight. Given the results of the last hardly last entity who wouldou hpethe. Cldava whole conversation. Given thoseishe deti rethinking the political saty . Can you give us a few previews of where he will beum of cour. Noon t satiean politics, we have completely restructured ourselves weavece e mid50s. Er issued issue caai, gie campaigns, how we do that. Efcte. We are focusing on doing that an we will be the best we can and do sanbrnoer bunch of state our strategy is simple. Noal wldot give you a strategy, but this is the stte. Emfas. The truth will prevail. They will understand who is with them and who is not. If a republican does somhi go f wke, wl y if rubcado setng bad for workers, we will say it. Facts and let them make the decision. Believe that when the wo ftsth d noma the right decision occasionally, they make the deciono vision evy me is our joto givthem the facts. Autte, not just yr union mrkaimportant. Eral. What a talked about today, i was talkinabt vi t rht y mbs. Tove wkeouthe. We aladha tt. T guess you could mandate a, tr some and not for other a goodtrg living wage is important to keep eveos wage, r emoyflib way ithug coit is important to talk to th. Werttaedalngo op thon the bomovement. We have an oreh o prre are and immigrationro, ac inmtethn dole acv aa. Ey hava smalgrp er here. Eyoc othsmlro ile the rest oushaonhe sideline. Sorry about them, buth a noupo. Evy will, because they will trainou ouwe problha t bigge taetn august, the American Labor m b war onofhe lt as we are the last fe they come after us. I come afters i local government, with the federal government. Toth, lets stop allowing n beati will cut you this abr licacaai. Amigrit w. Run a member to member gnbe tk ckland memrs. Amigleed rembs talked to the numbers annonunion mbers. We run a nonmember k nmbe, eca them. Whether amig or organized campaign. Omtu and the power coming. And fight a Health Care Bill they knew was bad. Opweel provide some of the catalyst tohawi oght e at. You will see us me d re tt. O tprreiv friends and allies and coming geer yoei iueasuc as we would ask them tdend r su. Pnt , thenet is not my issue e toou wereothe yet, but that is what were trying to get to. Nae stiic, Union Membership last year fell to 10. 7 of the u. S. Oror. Y t daltrump esen h t pential to give a boost to the Union Membership . Mr. Trumka olel es e esency . Abluly change the laws of the country so that peopleni ojo ani anheilth nbe swell. Right now it takes a herculean foin unn. I ironic. Usu clubeto join the else a y as. L i joi th cb u had to sit in a ow toand listen toomnesobo w h t fire at you if you joined, someone who had the ability to take your aa and transfer it to another country if he joined the club. How many of you enjoying that club . That is how it is for us. That is the hoops we have to go through. You get illegally fired, you get intimidated. It takes courage for a worker to stand up in this country and say i want to have a voice on the job. Why do you think that is . Having a voice on the job is good for workers. Why do you think employers spent billions of dollars preventing people from having a voice on the job . Because they do not want to have a voice on the job. They like it when you go in and do not get a raise. Working at an auto plant in mississippi. They tell you what your wages. They tell you what your benefits are. They tell you everything about what to do, including what to wear and went where it. You get no recourse. Why should you not be able to sit down with your coworkers . Forget about you. Why should you not be able to sit down with your fellow workers and say we produce all the wealth, why cant we get a little bit bigger share of it . We do not want all of it you may just want a fair share. If thafigure goes down, it gets worse. Let me give you this. 1946 to 1973, productivity in this country doubled. So did wages. Tiles,ple in a bottle to their wages were rising faster than the top, so the wage gap was collapsing. Back then, the Labor Movement to 45 of the workforce. We drove wages for everyone. A nonunion teacher got a raise because we got areas. Nonunion steelworkers got a ways raise because we got a raise. Wages needed. We are still wages have stagnated. When we get a raise, nonunion teacher does not necessarily get a raise. Or the nonunion auto worker or steelworker, or coal miner, election action electrician, railroad engineer, signal switchman, none of them get a raise. Stagnate. It is changing those rules to bring more collective bargaining to people so that we get tied to and get some of the benefits out of all productivity increases that we bring about and all the wealth we produce. If you do not remember anything else today, remember one fact. We live in the richest nation on at oure of the earth most rich point in time. You want to tell me why our standard of living is going down and not up . We are running out of time. I have a lot of questions about fta. We can talk about nafta for the final, big topic. Theyve come out against the nafta draft. What would you like to see . What