AFL-CIO president tells striking Mondelez workers in Henrico that it is 'fed up with the way you

AFL-CIO president tells striking Mondelez workers in Henrico that it is 'fed up with the way you have been treated'


American union workers are fed up with skyrocketing inequality and runaway corporate greed, and they are standing up for their rights, the new president of the AFL-CIO union federation said.

Liz Shuler told about two dozen striking workers at Mondelez International Inc.’s bakery plant in eastern Henrico County on Wednesday afternoon that their sacrifice is important for all workers.

“The entire labor movement is the symbolism here that they’re standing up for,” said Shuler, who became the first woman to lead the AFL-CIO when she took over last month following the death of longtime president Richard Trumka.

“They’re taking tremendous courage to walk out and walk these picket lines because they know if they don’t take a stand, then wages and conditions continue to erode and that has an effect on everyone in this country,” she said. “We are fed up with the way you have been treated.”

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