trumka grew up as -- in a small mining community. he has led the afl-cio since -- since and i'm happy 2009, and i'm happy to call them champion -- call him a champion of workers and a champion of immigration reform. [applause] [no audio] >> -- i'm glad to see a whole lot of trade union faces in the audience this morning, as well as many of our allies and many of our friends. today marks a bittersweet moment in the fight for justice for immigrants. it's obviously bitter because after 18 months of work, the senate immigration bill languishes, deportations continue, and our immigration system remains broken. inse republicans have failed their duty to serve the national interest, and they've squandered a very historic opportunity to move our country forward. today is sweet. pablo like tom signs and alvarado and hector sanchez and i, we have become closer as we have fought. , our veryur causes movements are inextricably connected, and i can tell you, i'm happy to go to war with allies like each one of them. i really am. fightinghat we've

let's start with president trumka of the afl-cio. he is working with worker centers and others. trumka grew up in a small coal mining communities and rose to the president of the farmworkers of america. i'm happy to call him a champion of workers and a champion of immigration reform. president trumka. >> thank you, hector, for that overly generous introduction. i appreciate it. good morning, everyone. let me say hi and welcome to the house of labor. i would like to thank the labor council for latin american advancement for cosponsoring this event with us, but also for all of your leadership that you have shown over the years in the latino community on workers issues. i'm happy to say a lot of trade union faces in the audience this morning as well as many of our allies and many of our friends. today marks a bittersweet moment in the fight for justice for immigrants. it is better because after 18 months of work, the bill languages, deportations continue, and our immigration system remains broken. house republicans have failed to -- in their duty to serve the national interest -- t

thank you, president trumka for having us today. i want to recognize the board of directors of my organization. i was thinking about how broken the immigration system is, but i think it's conventionalism that it's not just broken -- conventional wisdom that it's not just broken but it's really unjust. it is unjust because it denies immigrants so much they deserve. and then these images of kids came up to my head, and i couldn't stop thinking about it. i'm from a small village. there are five people in detention from that village, including a cousin of mine right now. there was also a minor detained in arizona from my same village. as i listen to the president's speech yesterday, i think that this is not -- this is actually time for us to show our moral courage. it is simply unacceptable what is happening with these children. if we want to do good and advocate for workers rights, if we want to do good for people, if we want to do good for civil rights, if we want to do good at the ballot box in november, we must do good, we must do t

f we would have heard from pete reune of the road builders in person, rich trumka, from leader of the workers, they wouldn't endorse this approach. they would be talking about hour getting down to business. but the republicans would not allow us a hearing. not for 43 months. so they're reduced to offering tepid letters of support so the whole system doesn't fall apart. mr. speaker, i'd respectfully suggest that those are not a reason to move forward with this legislation and be happy. it's a sad commentary that this is the best that the republicans think they can give us. those road groups who depend on moving freight, maintaining roads, who care about the health and well being of our communities deserve better. our families deserve better. the economy deserves better. i hope that we will in a moment, have a motion to recommit that will shorten the amount of time that we let this congress off the hook and make sure that we don't adjourn this congress without doing our job. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp: t

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then, afl-cio resident richard trumka and a forum on immigrant workers. after that, q&a with wayne frederick. content, i think we all agree, should remain free from regulation. said, thatawford has is confusing the conversation for the sidewalk. of course we want the conversation to be free and unregulated. the fcc has no place regulating content online. they have always made sure the communications pathways stay open. today we have a regulated phone system. doesn't regulate what i say but they make sure the pathway is open, affordable, available, nondiscriminatory and fair for everybody to use. >> it is crucial to think about whether those platforms are made opened a way they have historically. the internet has grown up as a network where anyone can communicate. anyone can get online. a tiny company can get access to the network and become a huge business. changeital that that not as the internet evolves. >> more opinions on the fcc open internet policy and the flow and speed of web traffic tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. on tue

one native afo ceo president richard trumka passionately speaking about the growth of inequality. the next day as president obama making a speech on the same subject. the book of thomas pickett and elizabeth warren both on the subject of glaring unjustified equality in "the new york times" bestsellers list. a progressive bloc in congress stand firm behind economic justice. the minimum wage movement is really kicking up the latest tape very on the city council, to lift the minimum wage to $15 an hour. [applause] meanwhile around the world, powerful movements in some cases even government are demanding economic justice. and before we move on his a former altar boy, i got to bring the pope into the conversation. [applause] who said in i have to quote him, while the earnings of the minority are growing exponentially, so to is a gap separating the majority from across. he enjoyed by those happy few. the imbalances to resolve the ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and the speculation, a new tyranny of us born. invisible and often virtual. a new tyranny whic