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Where companies, starting with the president of the United States really attacked workers and their unions. And then you tell hopeful stories about different creative and innovative ways that workers have been organizing in unions and other forms. And make policy recommendations. One of the things i have to say, a lot of books like this are criticized because they come up short on the policy recommendations but i hope we get into that because you really made quite a few, i thought, interesting suggestions on what might be done to restore the voice and power of workers in this country. Why dont you start by laying out where you see things right now . What is the status ofworking people in this country and their ability to shape their own lives at work . Sure. I covered it at the New York Times for 18 years. One of my concerns and interviewing people all over our nation is so ma ....
And most importantly, i want to thank all of you for taking time out of saturday to have this conversation. This is your hour and a half and i will leave the vast bulk of the time for your questions, your comments, your suggestions. I want to open with just a couple of minutes of context and things that i see happening in washington and then i will turn it over entirely to you. The way that we will do that is that there are microphones on either side of the room. And rather than having me picking and choosing within the audience, please just line up behind the microphones if you in fact have a question or a comment. I will ask you to be brief in your questions or observations and i will be brief in my responses because we probably will have lots of people who want to be heard. Other thing i want to say is just so you know, we agreed to allow cspan to record this town hall meeting. I had no doubt whatsoever that we could show the country the kind of thoughtful and respectful civil dialo ....
Career. Ms. Mucarselpowell continuing to ignore this disparity has repercussions and many in many aspects of our economy and it leaves over 40 of families that are headed by a latina in poverty. We must find a way to close the wage for the sake of our mothers, our sisters, our doctors and our families. I yield back doctors and our families. I elled our daughters and our families. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize scott sewell for his four years of service as president of the winstonsalem police foundation. When he steps down as president in december, mr. Sewell will be able to look back on his term and be extremely proud of the successes h ....
Minutes of context, and things i see happening in washington, and then i will turn it over entirely to you. The way we will do that is that there are microphones on either side of the room, and rather than having me picking and choosing within the audience, please line up behind the microphones if you in fact have a question or a comment. I will ask you to be brief in your questions or observations , and i will be brief and my responses because we probably will have lots of people who want to be heard. Another thing i want to say is just so you know, we agreed to , allow cspan to record this town hall meeting. I have no doubt whatsoever that we can show the country the kind of thoughtful and respectful dialogue that we have here in Fairfield County so just be aware that you could get famous on cspan. [laughter] so that you are aware. And as i said, before we get into your questions and comments and observations, i just wanted to ....