Labor leaders give emotional, working-class pitches for Clinton
Labor powerhouses are drawing on their blue-collar roots to endorse presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday, making a direct pitch to their base to reject Donald Trump.
In nighttime speaking slots Monday night, labor leaders such as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged “working people” to back Clinton instead of the GOP nominee, who has attracted support from some union groups.
“Working people are strong, and Donald Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong,” Trumka said, specifically citing Clinton's “bold” plan to revitalize manufacturing and infrastructure.
Trumka, who worked in coal mines in rural Pennsylvania to help get through college, also took a dig at Trump’s “fighter” persona.
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