BARRE — The city’s unionized clerical and custodial staff finally have a new contract — one that includes retroactive wage increases for all, and one-time bonuses for most.
it added to donald trump s image among trump supporters as the champion of american workers, and now there is not one indication that anyone in the trump administration, including donald trump will propose an increase in the minimum wage or any policy idea that in any way benefits american workers. joining us now, robert reich, labor secretary under president clinton and is at university of california berkley. also with us, leo girard from the united steelworkers of america. so the new candidate for your old job strongly opposed to donald trump s campaign idea of raising the minimum wage to $10. an idea that i m not sure donald trump remembers he proposed. i doubt that he remembers it. lawrence, i don t think donald trump is very strong on
labor secretary under president clinton and is at university of california berkley. also with us, leo girard from the united steelworkers of america. so the new candidate for your old job strongly opposed to donald trump s campaign idea of raising the minimum wage to $10. an idea that i m not sure donald trump remembers he proposed. i doubt that he remembers it. lawrence, i don t think donald trump is very strong on principles. i mean, he is all about donald trump. he s about revenge. he s about dominance. he s about getting others to submit to him. in terms of the minimum wage, that is the farthest thing from donald trump s memory or imagination. but this guy that he has nominated for secretary of labor is not only opposed to the minimum wage, a federal minimum wage at all. he doesn t like the fact that there are overtime and team aim
workers, what is your take on the plant in chattanooga? my take is that it s a tragic circumstance when right wing politicians who profess to be for freedom will interfere in a free and open union election where the employer was able to be neutral and the workers by a substantial majority when they applied wanted to have a voice in their workplace. and i can tell you this. i ve never heard of this happening in any other advanced democracy where a governor, a state senator and a federal government senator for the state would intervene and threaten to cut off an employer s ability to get support from the state. but you could remember that the head of the works council in germany has also said because of the fact that this is the only facility in the world that doesn t have a works council, they ll have to re-evaluate whether they put additional work into that state. leo gerard from the united steelworkers of america, thank