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Brad Lander: “Recently we passed a law that protect workers from unfair…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 07:54

But through a campaign we organized together and then two pieces of legislation I passed, one that gave them a stable, fair workweek and the pathway to a full time job with 2 weeks advance notice of their schedules. And just Recently we passed a law that protect workers from unfair firing. There has to be a good reason or it's called the just cause. And over the decade, we've transformed jobs through their organizing and our legislating that you could not sustain a family on, that you didn't know if you would have, that you couldn't make better into something that fast food workers are not getting rich. (07:54–08:02)

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Asserts that a law was passed to protect workers from unfair firing, requiring just cause.

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