by James Parks, Mar 11, 2011
Working people in Indiana and across the country are fighting for the same basic freedoms our Founding Fathers fought for, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker told a crowd of more than 25,000 at a rally in Indianapolis yesterday.
“We are here because of the right of freedom of association—the right of free men and women to join together,” Holt Baker said.
Whether that be in the church of our choosing, the political party of our choosing or the freedom to associate together to improve the condition of ourselves and our families.
This is what America is all about—because without these freedoms we don’t have a free society.
Holt Baker told the crowd that she knew they would not let Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Republicans in the legislature destroy the middle class and take away workers’ rights in Indiana.
I look out at all of you, and I know what democracy looks like. It looks like all of you. Workers, community, men and women, students and seniors. All standing as one—united in your resolve to protect the right to bargain.
