These guys did something really heroic and of national significance. They went to the South. And it's no great secret that anybody knows anything about labor history in America, that The south has done everything they could to resist unionization, to pay workers some of the lowest wages in America. Talk about your campaigns in Tennessee and Alabama. Yeah, so I've always been a firm believer. When I campaigned for this job, I talked a lot about how in my opinion, bargaining and organizing go hand in hand. (08:46–08:54)
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