Edwards: Enemy of Workers, Friend to Unions
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards promised Monday that if he is elected president, he would help American workers join unions and protect their right to strike.
"The truth of the matter is, in order to grow and strengthen the middle class in this country, we have to grow and strengthen the organized labor movement," the candidate told hundreds of union supporters gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Edwards, who had just marched in a Labor Day parade, took the stage in rolled-up-sleeves and blue jeans. He delivered a vigorous, eight-minute speech, in which he ripped the Bush administration and vowed to help working people.
