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California Labor Secretary Julie Su has declined to publicly discuss the role. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo California labor secretary in serious contention for Biden Cabinet SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californias labor secretary began her legal career fighting for Thai garment workers held captive in a Los Angeles sweatshop. Decades later, shes in serious contention to join the Biden administration as secretary of the U.S. Labor Department, according to sources familiar with transition discussions....

President? will they work with republicans >> i think the democrats will work with the republicans and i think theyll work with the president. i think they want whats best for the country, as many republicans actually do. they just see it very differently. but i want to say one thing. at&t did get the $1,000 bonus to every employee. but lets look behind the scenes there. >> communication workers. >> may have been doing this for net neutrality. >> but there was also a union agreement as well to g...

Poll has sanders trailing krin ton by only seven point in juan. clinton held a 60 point lead. turning to former president of communication workers for america. thanks for being with us this afternoon. >> my pleasure. >> exciting day out in vegas. i want to ask the impression is that he is drawing a lot of support from the voters and this is his chance to reach everyone tonight how does he make an appeal to the voting population? >> well i think that he talks about the issues that matter to the w...

Was here yesterday said the same thing. >> i got a call from a congresswoman who said, you arent saying anything become it this. see whats going on in north carolina. its the unions. she went to visit her v.a. to the "t," every person was unionized and she put her finger on that. >> so what? >> name me one organization where it works better unionized than if its not. >> the automobile industry. >> oh, yeah. >> communication workers, cwa. >> the schools? >> certainly the zooms. with the exception...

I think that is a terrible, terrible thing. im not here to criticize the republicans. they are doing what they believe is best. it is part of a long-term strategy to obstruct, make it impossible for the president or any of us to do what we think is right in terms of protecting, in this case, american workers. if these nominees, in fact, get the votes that they need, which i suspect they will, they go to the floor, i will be very distraught if we do not seat them because of another filibuster. >>...

To the demand side of the economy. i mean, president obama is committed, as are most of those, you know, on the winning side of this election, to a growth economy, not an austerity economy. if you had an austerity economy based on cuts, cuts, cuts, whether jobs or pay, thats when business should be worried because demand side will continue to collapse. when you have an election won predominantly by those who favor growth you should be ready to invest. we were cheered in our union by at&ts announ...

President obama won election? and what does it say about these people about how ruthless they can be? >> not only are they ruthless, but theyre not paying attention to the demand side of the economy. i mean, president obama is committed, as are most of those, you know, on the winning side of this election, to a growth economy, not an austerity economy. if you had an austerity economy based on cuts, cuts, cuts, whether jobs or pay, thats when business should be worried because demand side will co...

Outsourcing, not a fighter for the workers, not a fighter for the middle class. he has no record of showing anything like that. for more, lets turn to james hoffa. internation brrth hood of teamsters and larry cohen, president of the communication workers for america. >> great to be here. >> let me just say that it has to be stated, president obama cant win without labor. the democrats cant win without labor. you have the infrastructure, you have the communication, you have the boots on the grou...

Down. roughly 5,000 people lost their jobs there. you know what ryan did? he stood silent on the sidelines while all of this was going on. bottom line, this guy is an outsourcer, not a fighter for the workers, not a fighter for the middle class. he has no record of showing anything like that. for more, lets turn to james hoffa, international brotherhood of teamsters, and larry cohen, president of the communication workers for america. >> great to be here. >> let me just say that it has to be sta...

He stood silent on the sidelines while all of this was going on. bottom line, this guy is an outsourcing, not a fighter for the workers, not a fighter for the middle class. he has no record of showing anything like that. for more, lets turn to james hoffa. internation brrth hood of teamsters and larry cohen, president of the communication workers for america. >> great to be here. >> let me just say that it has to be stated, president obama cant win without labor. the democrats cant win without l...