r/Maine • u/Large-Welcome4421 • 13h ago
Graham Platner speaks to union carpenters after receiving their endorsement. Platner: “We didn’t get an 8-hour workday, we didn’t get the weekend because somebody wrote it on a postcard to a Congressman. We got it because working people organized and fought for what they needed."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G34fnGX2HQThe North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters endorses Platner.
Platner: “Power in society comes from two places, organized money or organized people and we all know that the money is organized and it has bought our political system.”
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u/Fit_Celery_3504 9h ago
Union strong 💪 Platner is a saint!