Labor Pledges Solidarity With Obama's Call for Road Map to Citizenship

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Labor Pledges Solidarity With Obama's Call for Road Map to Citizenship(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Some 20 union leaders were on hand for President Obama’s  immigration speech on Tuesday, to pledge their support for the historic push for immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship and to stress that immigration reform is a working family issue that matters to all of America's workers, regardless of one’s citizenship status. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged supporters to sign a “Road Map To Citizenship” pledge and “stand together to get a common sense immigration process for all Americans.” Click here to read excerpts from comments by AFSCME President Lee Saunders, AFT President Randi Weingarten, Laborers President Terry O’Sullivan, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and more.

 

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