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Kamala Harris wants to ban ‘right to work’ laws - YouTube
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labor unions have long have long been a
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lifeline for the Democratic Party and
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this cropper presidential candidates
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well it's no different from many
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including Kamel Harris who's taking it
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to a new level though because she's
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actually calling for a ban to
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right-to-work states state laws this of
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course you remember this allows workers
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to work in union shops without paying
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union dues or not to even have to join
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unions take a listen it comes with the
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president in the United States to speak
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up about the need and the right that
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workers have to be able to organize and
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to fight for their rights so generally
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speaking that's how I think about it and
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it has to you know so let's be more
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specific it has to be about for example
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banning right-to-work laws I mean that's
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tough stuff and it's just the latest an
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attack from the left on states rights
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and it could be a major issue going
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forward joining me now contributor for
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the hill Kristin pate and then Maryanne
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Marsh is back with this as well Kristin
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let me start with you that's a you know
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this is a tough one there twenty seven
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right-to-work states seven of ten of
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them seven of the top ten unemployment
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levels and states are a right-to-work
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state so it seems like it's working
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it's a dangerous gambit that suggest
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taking that away you're right like so
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many of her left-wing colleagues Kamala
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Harris is just proving herself to be an
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authoritarian last week she said that
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she'd override Congress to get her way
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with gun laws now she's saying that
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she'd use executive powers to ban state
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laws just because she doesn't like them
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Democrats always say that right-to-work
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rules are anti-worker but that's just
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not true these rules simply say that an
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employee an employee can't be forced
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into a union as a condition of
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employment but I think what's going on
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here is pretty clear Kamala Harris is
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just trying to pander to the unions
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because she wants their financial
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backing ahead of 2020 and the union
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leaders will back the Democratic
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candidates as they always do but Donald
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Trump has made incredible inroads with
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the rank-and-file union workers he's
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been such a fighter for the American
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worker and he's been strong arming
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companies to bring union jobs back to
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America I mean look at the pressure he's
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put on GM since they announced the
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closure of their Ohio plan
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I just don't see how any worker union or
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not could really support the Democrats
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and their anti-business agenda well
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Marian it's it's you've got swing states
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Florida Iowa Michigan Nevada North
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Carolina Virginia Wisconsin that are
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right-to-work states so it's a dangerous
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path to go down when these these states
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have some pretty low unemployment rates
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two point four two point nine two point
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three you know percent these are some
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impressive numbers I don't know that you
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want to say hey we're going to upset
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this apple cart well I think the point
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here really is it's a matter of fairness
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if you're working in a place and getting
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the benefits from an organized union
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that makes sure you get a certain salary
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certain work conditions health care and
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everything else that goes with that job
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then why shouldn't you participate why
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shouldn't you contribute contribute to
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the overall reason you get these
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benefits I mean remember it's the unions
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that built the middle class unions are
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the reason that people have these jobs
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with great salaries great benefits five
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days a week there was an amazing time
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well you go back to how green was my
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Valley and some of the other things
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where unions were an absolute must
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I remember that you know the old
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commercials that look for the union
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label but I think they overplayed their
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hand and if you look at how many how
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many law how much lost they've had in
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the private sector it's pretty clear to
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me that you know maybe Alabama wouldn't
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have those companies coming near these
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auto plants and other companies if they
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weren't right-to-work states and so if
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you say to someone you've got to pay
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dues it's it's it defies you know what
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what the Supreme Court has kind of said
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recently in a hallmark decision and
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what's happening on the ground
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economically I just think it's a
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dangerous path to go down and I also
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think getting rid of the electoral
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college is also a dangerous path to go
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down well let me start with the
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electoral college I oppose getting rid
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of the electoral college because it
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forces candidates to pay attention to
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states like Iowa and other smaller
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states that have that can be the
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difference in any election we saw how
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close the last one was and to going back
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to the right to work thing many people
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saw that as a conservative way to try to
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trample out unions and it became a fight
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to retain unions we started the show
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talking about the Teamsters and the
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firefighters and Donald Trump clearly
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wants their support and Joe Biden's
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going after as well
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so if you're gonna work in a certain
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place that's a union you should
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participate as well all right let's
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leave it there I do
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I will say again though 27 states are
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right to work and they're doing pretty
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good
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