Barack Obama

we meet here at a time of challeng and uncertainti for america worker __PUNCT__

we all know the stori of shutter plant and rust factori __PUNCT__ of industri center that have becom near __PUNCT__ ghost town across thi state __PUNCT__ and across thi countri __PUNCT__

but todai gather isn't the first time_worker have met in philadelphia at a pivot moment __PUNCT__

on hundr and eighti __PUNCT__ on year_ago __PUNCT__ in the fall of __NUM__ a group of mechan met in the shadow of independ hall to form what thei call the mechan union of trade associ __PUNCT__ a moment that mark the birth of the trade_union union_movement in america __PUNCT__

thei met all kind of resist from employ and wealthi merchant who said what thei were try to do would hurt worker and busi __PUNCT__ and wa just plain un __PUNCT__ american __PUNCT__

but these mechan __PUNCT__ these found_father of organ_labor __PUNCT__ disagre __PUNCT__

and in the preambl to their constitut __PUNCT__ thei propos what mani believ wa a radic idea __PUNCT__ that it wa in their employ __PUNCT__ interest to pai them higher_wage becaus higher wage for worker would help bring gener prosper for all __PUNCT__

it wa the __NUM___centuri equival of the idea that what good for main_street is good for wall_street __PUNCT__

and that an idea we need to rememb todai __PUNCT__

becaus what we see is that anoth __PUNCT__ veri differ view ha taken hold in washington and on wall street __PUNCT__ the view that we can somehow thrive as a nation when those at the veri top ar do better than ever __PUNCT__ while ordinari_american ar struggl to get by __PUNCT__

over the last seven year __PUNCT__ we had an administr that serv the interest of the wealthi and the well __PUNCT__ connect __PUNCT__ no matter what the cost to work_famili __PUNCT__ and to our economi __PUNCT__

it an administr that didn't lift a finger while our economi roll toward recess until the pain folk were feel on main_street trickl up to their friend on wall_street __PUNCT__

it an administr that been hand out tax_cut to the wealthiest american who don't need them and aren't even ask for them __PUNCT__

and it an administr that deni labor a seat at the tabl when trade_deal ar be negoti __PUNCT__ that doesn't believ in union __PUNCT__ that doesn't believ in organ __PUNCT__ and that pack the labor_relat board with their corpor buddi __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ john_mccain said a few week_ago that __PUNCT__ the issu of econom is not someth i understood as well as i should __PUNCT__ and that clear sinc all he offer is more of the same bush_polici that have put the american_dream out of reach for so mani american __PUNCT__

like georg_bush __PUNCT__ senat_mccain is commit to more tax_cut for the rich __PUNCT__ and more trade_agreement that fail to protect_american american_worker __PUNCT__

hi respons to the hous_crisi amount to littl more than watch million of american face foreclosur __PUNCT__

and some of hi top advisor were lobbyist for the special_interest when thei went to work for hi campaign __PUNCT__ so it not hard to guess who thei be work for if thei get into the white_hous __PUNCT__

so while i know there been some talk about whether the democrat will be unifi in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ america can't afford anoth four year of the bush_polici __PUNCT__ and that what john_mccain offer __PUNCT__

and that why i know we come togeth thi fall to bring thi countri the chang we so desper need __PUNCT__

but the truth is __PUNCT__ the problem we face go beyond ani singl administr __PUNCT__

for far too long __PUNCT__ through both democrat and republican_administr __PUNCT__ the system ha been rig against everydai american by the lobbyist that wall_street us to get it wai __PUNCT__

think about it __PUNCT__

the top mortgag lender spend___MONEY__ __MONEY___million lobbi_congress __PUNCT__ and we wonder why washington look the other wai when thei were trick famili into bui home thei couldn't afford __PUNCT__

drug and insur_compani spend___MONEY___billion on lobbi __PUNCT__ and we surpris that our health_care premium __PUNCT__ and co __PUNCT__ pai __PUNCT__ and the cost of prescript_drug goe up year after year after year __PUNCT__

the big_oil oil_compani plai the same game __PUNCT__ and we wonder how thei make record profit at a time when you pai close to __MONEY__ a gallon for ga __PUNCT__

the system is broken __PUNCT__ and over the weekend __PUNCT__ we got a remind of just how badli it broken __PUNCT__

you might have seen it __PUNCT__

there wa thi new stori about the top two execut at countrywid financi __PUNCT__ a compani that as respons as ani firm for the hous_crisi we face_todai __PUNCT__

and what we learn is that when countrywid wa sold a few month_ago __PUNCT__ these two execut got a combin __NUM___million million_dollar __PUNCT__

so million of american ar face foreclosur __PUNCT__

our economi is in turmoil __PUNCT__

and the gui behind it all ar get bonus for their bad_behavior __PUNCT__

that an outrag __PUNCT__

that not the america we believ in __PUNCT__

it time to take on the special_interest and level the plai_field so that our economi work for work_american __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i know there been some talk about rocki balboa over the last coupl dai __PUNCT__

and we all love rocki __PUNCT__

but rocki wa fiction __PUNCT__

and so is the idea that someon can fight for work_peopl and at the same_time __PUNCT__ embrac the broken system washington __PUNCT__ where corpor_lobbyist us their clout to shape law to their like __PUNCT__

we need to challeng the system on behalf of america worker __PUNCT__

and if we not will to take up that fight __PUNCT__ then real chang __PUNCT__ chang that will make a last differ in the live of ordinari_american __PUNCT__ will keep get block by the defend of the statu_quo __PUNCT__

i believ i can bring about that kind of chang __PUNCT__ becaus i the onli candid in thi race who actual work to take power awai from lobbyist by pass histor ethic reform in illinoi and in the u. __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__

and i the onli candid who isn't take a dime from washington_lobbyist __PUNCT__

thei have not fund my campaign __PUNCT__ thei will not run my administr __PUNCT__ and thei will not drown out the voic of the american_peopl when i presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

your voic will be heard __PUNCT__

thi isn't just campaign talk __PUNCT__

i been fight for work_famili ever sinc i move to chicago more than two decad_ago to work as a commun_organ __PUNCT__ give job_train to the jobless and hope to the hopeless when the local steel plant_close __PUNCT__

and the reason i stand here todai is becaus i don't want to wake up on morn mani year from now and see that noth ha chang becaus the system is still be rig against america famili __PUNCT__

and i know you don't either __PUNCT__

becaus despit seven year of the most anti __PUNCT__ labor administr in gener __PUNCT__ as i look out on thi crowd and as i travel across thi countri __PUNCT__ the on thing i know for certain is that labor_union ar still mobil __PUNCT__

labor union ar still organ __PUNCT__

and you still fight to give america work_peopl a voic in washington __PUNCT__

i tire of plai defens __PUNCT__

i know the afl __PUNCT__ cio is tire of plai defens __PUNCT__

we readi to plai some offens __PUNCT__

we readi to plai offens for a decent_wage __PUNCT__

we readi to plai offens for retir secur __PUNCT__

we readi to plai offens for univers_health_care __PUNCT__

it time to stand up to the big drug and insur_compani that have been block reform and sai enough is enough __PUNCT__ we go to final_make health_care afford and avail for everi american __PUNCT__

we go to final help folk like the young_woman i met who work the night shift after a full dai of colleg and still can't afford medicin for a sister who ill __PUNCT__

no american should be driven into bankruptci try to pai their medic_bill __PUNCT__

no worker should have to go without a pai_rais becaus their employ ha to us the monei to cover the rise_cost of health_care __PUNCT__

that why we pass univers_health_care by the end of my first term as presid and save the typic famili up to __MONEY__ a year on their premium __PUNCT__

in thi countri of all countri __PUNCT__ health care shouldn't be a privileg for the few __PUNCT__ it should be a fundament right for everi american __PUNCT__

we readi to plai offens for organ_labor __PUNCT__

it time we had a presid who didn't choke sai the word __PUNCT__ union __PUNCT__

a presid who know it the depart of labor and not the depart of manag __PUNCT__

and a presid who strengthen our union by let them do what thei do best __PUNCT__ organ our worker __PUNCT__

if a major of worker want a union __PUNCT__ thei should get a union __PUNCT__

it that simpl __PUNCT__

let stand up to the busi_lobbi that been get their friend in washington to block card_check __PUNCT__

i fought to pass the employe free choic act in the senat __PUNCT__

and i will make it the law of the land when i presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

we readi to plai offens for work_famili __PUNCT__

i the onli candid in thi race who call for a middl_class tax_cut that will save famili up to __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ includ over __NUM___million_peopl in thi state __PUNCT__

and i also call for elimin incom_tax entir for senior make under __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__

and we also have to do more to make sure folk who ar get laid off in these hard_time still have enough monei to make end meet __PUNCT__ which is why i work with my friend senat bob casei to extend unemploy_insur __PUNCT__ and make it avail for work folk who aren't in a union and don't work a regular __NUM__ __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ __NUM___job __PUNCT__

but we also have to do more over the long __PUNCT__ term to invest in our middl_class __PUNCT__

and that what we do as presid __PUNCT__

to ensur that our children have the skill to compet in our global_economi __PUNCT__ we make colleg afford with a __MONEY__ tax_credit for anyon who will to do some commun_servic __PUNCT__

and we pass the patriot employ act that i been fight for ever sinc i ran for the senat __PUNCT__ so we can end tax_break for compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ and give them to compani that creat good_job with decent_wage right here in america __PUNCT__

i also propos creat million of new job and do it in a wai that fiscal_respons __PUNCT__

i call for invest __MONEY___billion over the next ten_year to rebuild our crumbl road and bridg __PUNCT__ and thi will gener million of new job __PUNCT__ mani of them in the construct industri that been hard hit by our hous_crisi __PUNCT__

i also believ it time washington start show the same_kind of leadership that pennsylvania labor_movement ha shown by fight to creat the green_job that ar the job of the futur __PUNCT__

that why i invest __MONEY___billion over the next decad to establish a green_energi sector that will creat up to __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ and those ar job that pai well and can't be outsourc __PUNCT__

and thank to leader like my friend congressman patrick murphi __PUNCT__ these kind of job ar bring new life back to place that have been hard hit in recent_decad __PUNCT__ place like fairless hill in buck counti __PUNCT__ where the old u. __PUNCT__ steel plant is now be us to help produc wind_power __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if we honest with ourselv __PUNCT__ we acknowledg that we can't stop global in it track and that open new market to our good can help strengthen our economi __PUNCT__

but what i refus to accept is that we have to sign trade_deal like the south_korea agreement that ar bad for american_worker __PUNCT__

what i oppos __PUNCT__ and what i have alwai oppos __PUNCT__ ar trade_deal that put the interest of multin_corpor ahead of the interest of american_worker __PUNCT__ like nafta __PUNCT__ and cafta __PUNCT__ and perman normal trade_relat with china __PUNCT__

and i also oppos the colombia free_trade_agreement if presid_bush insist on send it to congress becaus the violenc against union in colombia would make a mockeri of the veri labor protect that we have insist be includ in these kind of agreement __PUNCT__

so you can trust me when i sai that whatev trade_deal we negoti when i presid will be good for american_worker __PUNCT__ and that thei have strong labor and environment_protect that we enforc __PUNCT__

these ar the battl we should be fight __PUNCT__

thi is the futur we should be build __PUNCT__

but it go to be hard to do all thi so long as we spend___MONEY___billion a month fight a war in iraq that should have never been author and never been wage __PUNCT__

i oppos thi war from the start __PUNCT__

i oppos it each year it been go on __PUNCT__

and that why i the on candid who will offer a real choic in __DATE__ becaus i can stand up to john_mccain with credibl and sai no to a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year occup of iraq __PUNCT__ and no to a third bush term __PUNCT__

it time to bring out troop_home __PUNCT__

it time to end the fight in iraq and take up the fight for good_job and univers_health_care __PUNCT__

it time to end the fight in iraq and take up the fight for a world __PUNCT__ class educ and social_secur __PUNCT__

it time to end the fight in iraq and take up the fight for opportun and prosper here at home __PUNCT__

so make no mistak __PUNCT__ the american_peopl have a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

we can keep plai the same washington game with the same washington player __PUNCT__ and somehow expect a differ result __PUNCT__

or we can choos a differ futur __PUNCT__

just imagin it __PUNCT__

imagin a presid whose life_stori is like so mani of your own __PUNCT__ who know what it like to go to colleg on student_loan __PUNCT__ and see hi mother get sick and worri that mayb she can't pai the medic_bill __PUNCT__

imagin a washington where the onli lobbi that ha real influenc is the peopl lobbi __PUNCT__

a washington where you can trust that your voic will be heard befor ani major piec of labor legisl is sign into law __PUNCT__

imagin an america that live up to the idea that those mechan propos nearli two hundr_year year_ago __PUNCT__ where we final have a system that work for main_street and not just wall_street __PUNCT__

that the chang we seek __PUNCT__

that the vision the afl __PUNCT__ cio ha alwai fought for __PUNCT__

and that the futur that within our grasp __PUNCT__

so i ask you to march with me __PUNCT__ and work with me __PUNCT__ and fight with me __PUNCT__

and if you do __PUNCT__ then i truli believ we won't just win thi primari __PUNCT__ and we won't just defeat john_mccain in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ we build an america where labor is on the rise __PUNCT__ where hope is on the rise __PUNCT__ and where the american_dream is within reach for everi famili in thi countri __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__