Thank you!  

It's great to be with all of you in Milwaukee! 

I see people from so many proud unions, so many terrific leaders, community groups, worker centers – all of us joined here together.

Sisters and brothers, this is the weekend when we celebrate what makes America strong: hard work, secure families, solidarity, and the working men and women who're the backbone of our communities.    

Whether we push a pencil or a broom, whether we drive a fire truck or a forklift, whether we prepare the food, serve the meal, or perform the background music – all our work has dignity, and it has worth.  

Working women and men in Milwaukee – and all across our country – made America #1 in the world.   

Now it's time for America to make working people #1!  It's time for jobs, for economic patriotism.  

I want to see the words "Made in America" again, because it's time to start exporting the things we make, instead of jobs!  

I know you're all looking forward to seeing President Obama.   

Last month, our president reminded AFL-CIO leaders of the famous quote by FDR when he was president:  "If I were a factory worker," FDR said, "I would join a union."  

And President Obama said, that goes for all workers today, not just factory workers.

Well, I've thought about that, and I'll bet there are a lot of you out there today who could give him a union card to sign.

Brothers and sisters, President Obama and Democratic leaders share our vision of an America built on good jobs, and together we're going to get America back to work.  It won't be the bankers.  It won't be the Tea Partiers.  It won't be the Party of no. It'll be you.  It'll be us. Together. 

We've got 57 days until November 2, and we're faced with stark choices.

Do you want to go forward with Obama and the Democrats, or backwards to the policies that wrecked our economy?  Do you want an America that creates good jobs?  Do you want an America where working people earn a fair share of the wealth we create, where our economy works for everyone?  An America where we solve problems instead of just saying "No"?  Do you want a country where our children can thrive?  A country that honors the best of our past, and takes us toward a future that's even better?

If you want it, you're going to have to fight for it -- Together!

Work together!  Stand together!  Fight together!  And don't let up, even for a minute!  Because when we're together, there's nothing we can't do!

Thank you. God bless you.            

And now I have the honor of introducing a true champion for working people, a warrior for workers' rights.   

This week she said that she – and I quote – "recognizes, respects, and celebrates a worker's right to organize and bargain collectively."   

Here's our Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis.