wage. now the workers can t do that because there are fewer jobs. that s the crux of the matter. if you are not being treated fairly and i agree some corporations don t. go some place else. when i first came to america, almost 40 years ago, the rules were very clear. you got a job, you worked hard, saved money, bought a house, got married, had kids. in that order. that pushed you up into the measure dream, the american middle class. president obama, i think, has fundamentally changed america. in the last five years, that work ethic has been reverse glfd because he feels that the system is rigged against people in a certain category. maybe people of color. maybe working americans without college degrees. and even people trying to get a college degree, it costs so much money to get it, all right, that he feels it s a rigged situation. i think he comes at it from the other side of the fence. he looks at success, money, wealth, as the enemy. how do you know that though? i never got t
wage. now the workers can t do that because there are fewer jobs. that s the crux of the matter. if you are not being treated fairly and i agree some corporations don t. go some place else. when i first came to america, almost 40 years ago, the rules were very clear. you got a job, you worked hard, saved money, bought a house, got married, had kids. in that order. that pushed you up into the measure dream, the american middle class. president obama, i think, has fundamentally changed america. in the last five years, that work ethic has been reverse glfd because he feels that the system is rigged against people in a certain category. maybe people of color. maybe working americans without college degrees. and even people trying to get a college degree, it costs so much money to get it, all right, that he feels it s a rigged situation. i think he comes at it from the other side of the fence. he looks at success, money, wealth, as the enemy. how do you know that though? i never got t
deal. just as the workers are afraid to step up for fear of retaliation, are your congressmen afraid to step up, also? i knew about the events of thanksgiving and, you know, it was a clear-cut decision to show my support. i was kind of surprised when i heard that there were only two of us in the whole country, 100 senators, only two of us decided to show our support. this is something that obviously needs to happen. it s got to change not just for the benefit of the specific workers but for the benefit of the middle class america. we have to set a better example. people need to be paid more for their work. so it has got to end and the only way that it can end is to show people that there is a future and the future is better if they organize. but the elation of support didn t last long because the workers we were filming with,
the bagpipes, i just break down. i ll take this to my grave. labor unions, they give us weekends, child labor laws, and the guaranteed minimum wage. they virtually created the american middle class but a lot of people are asking, what have they done for us lately. in the united states, union membership has been on the decline for half a century. nowadays, fewer than 12% of americans belong to a union and lately they have come under attack. the union has to be broken. being blamed for everything from the failure of our school system to the death of the twinkie. but if the american unions disappear, the american middle
fellow congressmen and senators afraid of the same thing? i knew about the events of thanksgiving and, you know, it was a clear-cut decision to show my support. i was kind of surprised when i heard that there were only two of us in the whole country, 135 senators only two of us decided to show our support. this is something that obviously needs to happen. it s got to change not just for the benefit of the specific workers but for the benefit of the middle class america. we have to set a better example. people need to be paid more for their work. so it s got to end and the only way that it can end is to show people that there is a future and a future is better if they organize. but the elation of support didn t last long because the workers we were filming with, on that day, walmart informed its workers including cindy and