Union Voice/Readers Write: Trumka's Father's Advice

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

“At the recent National Labor College graduation ceremony, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka ended the commencement address with a word of advice from his father that I thought I would share with you,” writes Perry Levin. "His dad told him ‘Don't let anyone divide you, fight for what's right and fight twice as hard against what's wrong.’"