Highlights from ‘Building the New Economy’

by Seth Michaels, Nov 2, 2009

Last week, leaders from labor, business and politics came together in Washington, D.C., at the Building the New Economy conference, sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing and the Campaign for America’s Future. A new video shows some highlights from the conference and discussions on the need to rebuild manufacturing in order to strengthen our economy. 

Here’s what AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had to say in his address to the conference: 

Our goal must be to develop the best technology and industries that will convert our economy into a greener future, fueled by good jobs right here in America. 

The one good thing about the economic collapse is that it lets us—quite frankly, it requires us—to think big. 

You can see more comments here from conference attendees like Steelworkers President Leo Gerard, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Penn.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.).

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