10,000 americans are about to enter their third week on strike at john deere. you might remember last week we reported that the u.s. secretary of agriculture made an unprecedented trip to the picket line, visited the john deere workers picketing in iowa. during that visit he showed those striking workers his own union card. he told them, i m here for you. and when that happened last week, we actually consulted a presidential historian and a 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 noekt an end to a strike. but a sitting cabinet member 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.
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
tom vilsack showed the striking workers, his own union, card he told them, i m here for you in when that happened last, week we actually consulted a presidential historian and a labor historian, both of whom told us that they had never happened before. a visit by a sitting cabinet secretary, in support of americans who are out on strike, and that is something that we ve never seen before, at least in modern american history, in the past some u.s. labor secretary is a met with striking workers, in company executives to try to negotiate an end to the strike, but his 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 he did that last week, with john deere workers. now today, it happened again. this time it was u.s. secretary of labor, who is the first top official in charge of u.s. labor policy. he went to a picket line in