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Starts to tell them unions are bad. in alabama the unionization rate is so much lower. many of those workers dont have much experience with unions so havent seen what unions actually do and what may or may not be true when amazon gives its side of the story. >> hmm. well, its a super interesting situation. well be fascinating to see how it plays out and whether theres a ripple effect in other cities and states for amazon workers. professor, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. f...

African-american in brooklyn, new york, you know what, you want wages that you can live on. i talk about the working class. this is not white people. over 50% of black workers in america make less than $15 an hour. you know what it would mean if we raise the minimum wage, huge wage increases for african-american and latino americans. >> i want you to see what i found about labor unions and the vote. during the industrial revolution the u.s. labor movement began to bring some power to the working...

Their unionization rate is down to 7.6%. >> megyn: wow. >> ours is sitting at 11.3. so, its not quite the, you know, its not quite as simple as it first looks. theyre not, as taylor asked how stupid do they think we are? theyre going to try, but they may be smarter than us when it comes to union participation. >> megyn: he says, i dont care, you can take your three hours a day of working and do you know what with it. im going to buy a chinese or an indian manufacturer and then im going to flood ...

>> were talking about jobs and really, when workers are asking for more money, it may be that in time of uncertainty, in tough times, certainly, hires, employers may say we cant pay it, weve got to get rid of jobs. >> they already are, brenda, this is a dumb idea. for the unions to be flexing their muscles when there are so many people working part-time that would love full-time jobs and so many people out there that dont have jobs at all and now theyre going to make things tougher for employers...