"Got a lot of hardworking people here," the President told the fired up crowd at Laborfest in Milwaukee, urging them to calm down and get comfortable. "You deserve to sit down for a day. You’ve been on your feet all year working hard."
The President spoke about what the Labor movement has meant for America:
It was working men and women who made the 20th century the American century. It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. (Applause.) The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label. (Applause.)
He spoke about his grandfather, part of the Greatest Generation, who helped teach him about what being a hard-working American is all about, and how that has shaped his values as a man and as a publlic servant. And he spoke about how the struggles his grandfather saw relate to the tough times millions of hard-working Americans are struggling through right now:
Fonte: White House