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Shuler in Washington: Make Unions Home of Emerging Majority
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At the Washington State Labor Council's annual convention, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler gave a speech about the future of the labor movement. Among the key things Shuler discussed is the labor movement's efforts to modernize using the best technology and techniques and a renewed focus on unity as a driving principle necessary for a successful path forward.
Shuler spoke of the importance of working people's voice on the job and the labor movement's role in protecting those voices:
Our number one seller is a great contract and a voice on the job. And we are the only watchdog out there that is sounding the alarms about how companies like Amazon and Uber are using 21st century technology as an excuse for 19th century labor practices. We won’t let them get away with it. The labor movement is all about innovation and disruption…but it must be used as a tool for broadly shared prosperity, not more corporate greed.
Building on the convention theme of "Resist. Persist," Shuler touched on some of the important battles nationally:
We are resisting...
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