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August 2, 2021
Hour. but the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. those numbers just dont add up so we need to look at whats causing the threat of evictios and its health and wages. >> but do we have to separate the two? because the wage issue is a real one, but it has nothing to do with covid. >> yes, it does! remember, a disproportionate amount of social workers are low pay. so we want people to participate in the economy, but we also need to pay they can so they can actually live. it is essentially, it sh...
July 4, 2021
Les séances de conciliation tenues jeudi et vendredi nâont pas permis dâen arriver à une entente. Les travailleurs sâattendaient à une meilleure collaboration de lâemployeur et le dénouement de ces rencontres déçoit. Les travailleurs de lâusine Olymel de Vallée-Jonction ont bien lâintention de continuer de se battre. Le syndicat a soumis, le 1er juillet, de nouvelles propositions à la partie patronale. «Je pense quâon nâétait...
June 6, 2021
Negotiated federal minimum wage above $10 an if hour. republicans tell me that sounds like socialism but other country in the world or most other countries have a higher minimum wage than we do. >> and of course if it were socialism now, it is socialism then given that we do have a federal minimum wage and have one for at some point in the mid 20th century. so it is not like were suddenly becoming socialist, under that argument weve been socialists for decades. and also like a lot of companies, ...
June 1, 2021
Restaurants to construction to manufacturing. economists point to a mix of reasons why this could be happening. for one, they say people could still be afraid to go back to work because of covid. they also say businesses are reopening, but child care and schools, theyre not back open just yet, and women who have left the workforce in droves after making the decision to leave their jobs to care for their kids, theyre still on the sidelines, and many people are taking in more money through unemplo...
December 24, 2020
The end-of-year holiday season is always a difficult time for people left isolated as families and friends gather to celebrate. But this was the year of the coronavirus and loneliness has been a feature of life for months. One report published in the summer found nearly three times as many people reported feelings of loneliness compared to 2019. Experts across Europe say the necessary focus on maintaining our physical health has come at the expense of mental health. “We always talk about the ...
November 12, 2019
Patronage and the fund-raising continues operating the way it always has. >> tucker: is that why -- bernie sanders ran as an economic populist in 2016 and didnt say a lot about identity politics. in fact, he criticized open borders. elizabeth warren, by contrast, is running as a kind of woke identity politics crusader and an economic populist. can you be both? >> you know better than most that illegal immigration is a labor issue. its a wage issue. i read your book. a lot of illegal labor on the...
August 15, 2019
These culture wars saying he has the lowest unemployment rate in history for african-americans. but i think the question becomes, and this is something i ask voters all the time. great, you feel like the economy is doing well, but what about your personal wages? how many jobs are you working, what about your health care costs? and theyre like, yeah, im working two or three jobs but im still living paycheck to paycheck. >> you are working right now in mississippi. how are you messaging the econom...
August 1, 2019
People except for cory booker talked about of how youre going to fight voter suppression. because even if youve got black people supporting you, if their votes dont count or they cant get to the polls, that doesnt count. >> and i am so glad you raised that age issue. black voters by age, bidens support by age. this is exactly what jason was pointing out. youngest voters, hes only at 27%. 65 plus hes at nearly 60%, donna. >> yeah. i mean, this is where you come to this question of younger voters ...
May 28, 2019
Stable people object to so much. >> bret: how much of this foreign policy and how he is dealing with it do you think will play in 2020 as we get ready to go through this democratic primary process? >> anna: it is clearly on the minds of voters. i think it is definitely on the minds of capitol hill and senators who are very, i think, about what the president is doing with iran, north korea. you will see that play out more and more on capitol hill and hearings in trying to get a handle what the pr...