labor historian, both of whom told us that that had never happened before. a visit by a sitting cabinet secretary in support of americans out on strike. that is something that we ve never seen before, at least in modern american history. in the past, some u.s. labor secretaries have met with striking workers and company executives to try to negotiate an end to a strike. but a sitting cabinet member actually showing up to a picket line to show support for striking workers, that is not something we have ever seen before in the united states of america. when tom vilsack did that last week with john deere workers. now today it happened again. this time service u.s. secretary of labor marty walsh, who is the, of course, the top official in charge of u.s. labor policy ex went to a picket line in lancaster, pennsylvania, today to show support for the kellogg s workers. he said this ahead of the trip. i grew up in a working class family. i am the son of immigrants and a proud second-generation
also today working grad students at columbia university in new york walked out of their classrooms as well. they plan to strike next week if they don t believe what they believe is a fair contract. at the kellogg s cereal company, 1,400 factory workers are entering their fourth week on strike. four weeks of the kellogg s strike, trying to get better hours and wages. at john deere, the big ag company, the big agricultural equipment company, it s more than 10,000 americans about to enter their third week of strike at john deere. you might remember last week we reported that the u.s. secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack, made an unprecedented trip to the picket line, visited the john deere workers picketing in iowa. during that visit tom vilsack showed his own union card showing those striking workers, i m here for you. and when that happened last week, we actually consulted a presidential historian and a
making them work 14 hour days. now, in the interest of full disclosure, i should tell you, my own union as well as the union that represents much of the staff on this show have issued a joint statement along with other film and tv unions supporting those workers. if those big studios do not reach an agreement, hollywood will effectively shut down starting next week in what will be the largest strike in the industry since world war ii. but there s more. in week 24,000 health care workers in the kaiser health care system in california and oregon also voted to authorize a strike. just last week, 1,400 workers for the kelloggs cereal company went on strike at facilities in four states. they interviewed in battle creek mission about why they chose to go on strike? we work seven days a week. we are literally scheduled seven days a week. you can t even now go in there and tell them that your aunt passed away and you need a day off. often we don t even know we