Union leaders and members from across New Hampshire gathered Monday morning for the first in-person AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast since the COVID-19 pandemic.The event was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Manchester, but this year organizers banned news reports from covering the speeches of union and elected officials.The keynote speaker, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna of California, did speak to News 9 before the breakfast and highlighted the Granite State’s importance in the national labor movement.”New Hampshire is such a strong labor state, for decades has avoided becoming a right-to-work state, Rep. Khanna said. “We’ve got to stand for a living wage, we’ve got to stand for economic security and the right to unionize.”Khanna is viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party and has been one of the only prominent national Democrats to defend New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation primary status.
Union leaders and members from across New Hampshire gathered Monday morning for the first in-person AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Manchester, but this year organizers banned news reports from covering the speeches of union and elected officials.
The keynote speaker, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna of California, did speak to News 9 before the breakfast and highlighted the Granite State’s importance in the national labor movement.
“New Hampshire is such a strong labor state, for decades has avoided becoming a right-to-work state, Rep. Khanna said. “We’ve got to stand for a living wage, we’ve got to stand for economic security and the right to unionize.”
Khanna is viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party and has been one of the only prominent national Democrats to defend New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation primary status.
