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tonight, the uaw president, a great friend and great labor leader. where are you? stand up. [applause] and dawn sims, a third generation uaw worker at belvedere proud to be the first president standing at the picket line. today, don has a good job providing stability for the family. showing once again, wall street did not build america. they are not bad guys, but they did not build it. the middle class built the country and unions built the middle class. applause] i say to the american people, when america gets knocked down we get back up. we keep going. that's america. it's because of you america is coming back. it is because of you our future is brightest. it is because of you that proudly say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. [applause] >>[chanting] four more years! pr tonight i want to talk about the future of possibilities we can build together, a future where thedays of trickle-down economics are over and the wealthy and big corporations no longer get tax breaks. i understand corporations. i come from state that has more corporations invested in th
tonight, the uaw president, a great friend and great labor leader. where are you? stand up. [applause] and dawn sims, a third generation uaw worker at belvedere proud to be the first president standing at the picket line. today, don has a good job providing stability for the family. showing once again, wall street did not build america. they are not bad guys, but they did not build it. the middle class built the country and unions built the middle class. applause] i say to the american people,...
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he is a 29 year member of the uaw and started as an electrician and led the uaw in negotiating a story contract raised wages and benefits for the workers of that union. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, chairman sanders, dr. cassidy, and members of the committee. i'm here to talk about one of the most important issues to any union leader, any working-class person, any us senator, any human being. and thatr time. as president of the united auto workers, i represent 400,000 working class people across industries, d 600,0 and i know when my members look back on their lives, they never say “i wish i had worked more.”x when people reach the end of their lives, they never say “i wish i'd made more money.” what they wish for is they wish they had more time. that's what work does. we are paid for our time, and when we were, we are sacrificing time with other friends, and other things we wish to do. but time, like every preciousfrg class. since the industrial revolution, we have seen the productivity of our society skyrocket. with the advance of technology,2 workers used to do.
he is a 29 year member of the uaw and started as an electrician and led the uaw in negotiating a story contract raised wages and benefits for the workers of that union. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, chairman sanders, dr. cassidy, and members of the committee. i'm here to talk about one of the most important issues to any union leader, any working-class person, any us senator, any human being. and thatr time. as president of the united auto workers, i represent 400,000 working...
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uaw pushed for a 32 hour workweek and it didn't happen. i don't think the federal government should mandate it to placate a democratic political base. frankly it seems and exercise to help the uaw lay the groundwork for furniture -- future negotiations. they should discuss it at the bargaining table. either way, i apologize if this hearing givesone false hope, but a mandatory 32 hour work week is bad policy. not even democrats unanimously support this. but it may give us an understanding where the biden is heading. they are up for a tough and they may be willing to use executive authority to do something which actually has bipartisan opposition. there has been a concerning pattern from democrats in prioritizing policies to help politically connected unions at the expense of the workers and businesses themselves. recently the biden administration proposed a new overtime rule dramatically increasing overtime pay threshold by 55%. that will result in layoffs and it will result in more inflation. the biden administration released a new joint e
uaw pushed for a 32 hour workweek and it didn't happen. i don't think the federal government should mandate it to placate a democratic political base. frankly it seems and exercise to help the uaw lay the groundwork for furniture -- future negotiations. they should discuss it at the bargaining table. either way, i apologize if this hearing givesone false hope, but a mandatory 32 hour work week is bad policy. not even democrats unanimously support this. but it may give us an understanding where...
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the uaw worked like hell to keep the plant open and get jobs-÷nd. instead of all the factories shutting down, all the factories reopening, newta-of- factories being built. [applause] the folks at belvidere, i say instead of your town:9 being let behind, your community is moving forward again because instead of watching auto jobs of the future gow" oversea 4000 union jobs with higher wages are building the future in belvidere right here in america. tonight, the uaw president, a great friend and great labor leader. where are you? stand up. [applause] and dawn sims, a third generation uaw worker at president standing at the picket line. today, don has a good job providingshowing once again, wat did not build america. they are not bad guys, but tddle country and unions built the middle class. [cheers and applause] i say to the american■n people, when america gets knocked down, we get back up. we keep going. that's america. coming back. it is because of you our future is brightest. it is because of you that tonight, we can proudly say the state of our
the uaw worked like hell to keep the plant open and get jobs-÷nd. instead of all the factories shutting down, all the factories reopening, newta-of- factories being built. [applause] the folks at belvidere, i say instead of your town:9 being let behind, your community is moving forward again because instead of watching auto jobs of the future gow" oversea 4000 union jobs with higher wages are building the future in belvidere right here in america. tonight, the uaw president, a great...
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a third guest, uaw chief sean fain. let's go back to greta brawner. greta: members of congress also get to invite guests to tonight's state of the union. they all get one guest. families of american hostages in gaza are expected to be in attendance with members of congress. senator tim kaine has invited the firsivf person born in the united states to be his guest. and speaker johnson invited the parents of journalist evan gershkovich, who is being held in russia. tammy duckworth, senator tammy duckworth, along wh other democrats earlier today, held a news conference to talk about the issue of ivf following the decision by the alabama supreme ■court and the importance of it. the president is expected to talk about reproductive rights as well tonight. here's ahat the senator had to say on this issue. >> a few weeks from now, i am going to get to hold my younger daughter in my lap as she squeezes her eyewish, and blowss on her birthday cake. i get to have my nine-year-old begging for a piece of cake without the frosting. i don't know how she is my daug
a third guest, uaw chief sean fain. let's go back to greta brawner. greta: members of congress also get to invite guests to tonight's state of the union. they all get one guest. families of american hostages in gaza are expected to be in attendance with members of congress. senator tim kaine has invited the firsivf person born in the united states to be his guest. and speaker johnson invited the parents of journalist evan gershkovich, who is being held in russia. tammy duckworth, senator tammy...
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be a lot of uaw brothers and sisters that will vote for that man. they are not goingo vote to stop the gas powered cars. that man's crazy if he thinks he will keep the union behind him. second of all aoc doesn't know what she's talking about, rico is a crime. that's what trump is being charged with in georgia. if it's not a crime, then president trump should not be on trial for anything. the first thing i would like to mention is the southern border. how many people in this country go to bed or get up in morning, open up their front and back door and just leave them standing open all day, every day. anybody that can walk into their house, walk in uninvited and have no idea who they are. that's what's happening to our country. all thes people that are illegals coming into this country, they are not invited. you don't ever your open your front door to somebody you don't know. host: the funding bill is part of this minibus package that has been agreed to in the house. they are slated to vote on it this week before they leave for a two-week recess. the
be a lot of uaw brothers and sisters that will vote for that man. they are not goingo vote to stop the gas powered cars. that man's crazy if he thinks he will keep the union behind him. second of all aoc doesn't know what she's talking about, rico is a crime. that's what trump is being charged with in georgia. if it's not a crime, then president trump should not be on trial for anything. the first thing i would like to mention is the southern border. how many people in this country go to bed or...
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and a whitney young, it took a malcolm x and it took a rosa parks and thurgood marshall, it took the uaw supporting the march on washington, it took on baines johnson who knew how to break a 17 year we don't know how many projects he promised. we don'know how many deals he cut. whenever he did, it worked. the civil rights act of 1964 passed. were progenitors of that work. index.cond part of this state o each and every year for the past 20 years, we have said, let's put the facts when it social and economic conditions out there so we can understand clearly what the comparativeto the social anc conditions of black americans and white americans so we are not handing a discussion wit ond we have brilliant opinions, and we are not having a discussion with misinformation and lying that goes on when it comes to progress or lack thereof. in this nation. part of this report is a rep p biden. and whether he has lived up to the promises he made in writing on biden. we wanted to look at it so people can understand because those several of here in here are elected, some of you are former elected, wha
and a whitney young, it took a malcolm x and it took a rosa parks and thurgood marshall, it took the uaw supporting the march on washington, it took on baines johnson who knew how to break a 17 year we don't know how many projects he promised. we don'know how many deals he cut. whenever he did, it worked. the civil rights act of 1964 passed. were progenitors of that work. index.cond part of this state o each and every year for the past 20 years, we have said, let's put the facts when it social...
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took martin luther king and dorothy hyde, and itd rosa s thurgood marshall and jack greenberg and the uaw supportint took lyndon johnson,new how to break a 17 year filibuster. we don't know how many projects he promised. [laughter] we don't know how many deals he cut, but whatever he did, it worked, and the civil rights act of 60 forecast. we are progenitors of that work. the second part■ç of this statef black america is the equality index and each and every year for the past 20 years, weet's pt comes to the numbers of social and economic conditions out there so we can understand clearly what the comparative is when it comes to the social and economic conditions of black americans and white americans so that we are not having a discussion with a billion opinions only. yet we are also not having a discussion with the misinformation and of the the lyingthat gn it comes to progress or the lack thereof in this nation. and of the third part of the is a report on president biden and whether as he made in writing on paper as candidate biden. we wanted to look at it so that people could unders
took martin luther king and dorothy hyde, and itd rosa s thurgood marshall and jack greenberg and the uaw supportint took lyndon johnson,new how to break a 17 year filibuster. we don't know how many projects he promised. [laughter] we don't know how many deals he cut, but whatever he did, it worked, and the civil rights act of 60 forecast. we are progenitors of that work. the second part■ç of this statef black america is the equality index and each and every year for the past 20 years,...
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caller: i am a uaw worker and i hope the talks about wage earners in this country specifically raising the federal minimum wage equal pay between men and women and men might add march 7 bloody sunday and union workers played an important role in that. they were really clubbed by state troopers. host: detroit news saying sean fain will be a guest at the state of the you tonight with a guest of first lady jill biden. mr. bided a friend of labor who went to the picket line to support the labor union last fall. several people have been invited by the administration to sit in the first lady's box. 8:00 our coverage stc-span. top issue when it comes to tonight, bob in utah on the democrats line. caller: good morning pedro. joe biden is an old guy like me and as long as he stays alive he supports democracy. host: what should he say about democracy? caller: we don't need a dictator and donald trump has promised to be a dictator. so please listen to that woman and montana. host: you can keep calling our show today we will primarily be hearing from you when it comes to tonight's state of the uni
caller: i am a uaw worker and i hope the talks about wage earners in this country specifically raising the federal minimum wage equal pay between men and women and men might add march 7 bloody sunday and union workers played an important role in that. they were really clubbed by state troopers. host: detroit news saying sean fain will be a guest at the state of the you tonight with a guest of first lady jill biden. mr. bided a friend of labor who went to the picket line to support the labor...