Winchester, Tenn., Herald-Chronicle: Opinion: Fighting organized greed
Berry Craig
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks to Bill Londrigan for sending us this. Tennessee State AFL-CIO President Billy Dycus spoke at the 2017 Kentucky State AFL-CIO biennial convention in Lexington.
By BILLY DYCUS
“The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.”
In the weeks leading up to Labor Day, I’ve found myself reflecting on this quote by Thomas Donahue, former secretary-treasurer and president of the AFL-CIO.
Working people across the country, including right here in the South, have been taking this sentence and transforming it into action throughout the past year.