Share on email delivered a fiery address to close out the first night of the Republican National Convention, castigating big businesses and corporate lobby groups for "waging a war against American workers" — and calling for labor law reform.highlights just how important the labor vote is this November, particularly in pivotal swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
He called for bipartisan action on labor reform. A stunning move at a partisan event — amid a party traditionally opposed to unions. He even called out the GOP for its opposition to labor.for mistaking O'Brien's speech as an address at a Democratic convention or in a union hall. O'Brien's faced some fierce criticism from inside the 1.3 million member organization for courting both parties — earlier this year donating $45,000 to both convention funds.