Thank you, Detroit! (Applause.) Thank you, Michigan! (Applause.) Oh, this is a --

Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. It is --

Thank you, everybody. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, everybody. I can tell Ghana got you fired up. (Applause.) Thank you, Ghana, for that introduction. Thank you all for having...

The president of the Metropolitan Detroit Central Labor Council, our host, Saundra Williams. (Applause.) AFL-CIO president, Rich Trumka. (Applause.)...

I also want to talk about the work you’ve been doing for decades: Work to make sure that folks get an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work....

That’s the bedrock this country is built on. Hard work. Responsibility. Sacrifice. Looking out for one another. Giving everybody a shot, everybody...

So these are tough times for working Americans. They’re even tougher for Americans who are looking for work –- and a lot of them have been looking...

That’s the central challenge that we face in our country today. That’s at the core of why I ran for President. That’s what I’ve been fighting...

We said that if you’re going to work hard all day to provide a better life for your kids, then we’re going to make sure that those kids get the...

And here’s what else we said, Detroit. We said that American autoworkers could once again build the best cars in the world. (Applause.) So we stood...

We didn’t just stop there. We said American workers could manufacture the best products in the world. So we invested in high-tech manufacturing...

On Thursday, we’re going to lay out a new way forward on jobs to grow the economy and put more Americans back to work right now. I don’t want to...

Last year, we worked together, Republicans and Democrats, to pass a payroll tax cut. And because of that, this year the average family has an extra...

But that’s going to expire in a few months if we don’t come together to extend it. And I think putting money back in the pockets of working families...

But we’re not going to wait for them. (Applause.) We’re going to see if we’ve got some straight shooters in Congress. We’re going to see...

Now, let me say a word about labor in particular. Now, I know this is not going to be an easy time. I know it’s not easy when there's some folks...

You’ve got Republicans saying you’re the ones exploiting working families. Imagine that.

You know, I was on the plane flying over here, and Carl Levin was with me, and he showed me a speech that Harry Truman had given on Labor Day 63 years...

So when I hear some of these folks trying to take collective bargaining rights away, trying to pass so-called “right to work” laws for private sector...

-- that really mean the right to work for less and less and less -- when I hear some of this talk I know this is not about economics. This is about...

Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

And we’re going to keep at it. Because having a voice on the job and a chance to organize and a chance to negotiate for a fair day’s pay after...

But what unions also know is that the values at the core of the union movement, those don’t change. Those are the values that have made this country...

Anyone who doesn’t believe it should come here to Detroit. It’s like the commercial says: This is a city that’s been to heck and back. (Applause.)...

That’s why we chose Detroit as one of the cities that we’re helping revitalize in our “Strong Cities, Strong Communities” initiative. (Applause.)...

Yes, we can!

Yes, times are tough. But we’ve been through tough times before. I don’t know about you, but I’m not scared of tough times. (Applause.) I’m...

Thank you very much, Detroit. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America. (Applause.)