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RIBCO
Articles of Interest
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2006-03-17
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Roots and Wings |
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Someone once said, "There are two things we must give our children. One is roots and the other is wings."
"When I was growing up in the Bronx, our family and our church provided the roots, and my dad's union provided the wings - in the form of a good job with decent benefits so he and my mom could lift up my sisters and brother and me.
"Unions are also the wings for our communities and for our entire way of life, because we help guarantee a level of prosperity for everyone, because we fight the abuse of corporate power, and because we provide a real voice for workers in politics."
--Excerpted from a speech by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney at the National Press Club, January 18, 2006. |
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