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Greg Casar: “This executive order is illegal, full stop. Trump does not…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressional Discussion on Trump's Executive Order Affecting Union Rights

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

This includes our janitors, food service workers, administrative employees, all losing the right to organize and bargain that workers have fought and bled for and marched for for over 100 years. This executive order is illegal, full stop. Trump does not have the authority to take bargaining rights away from these workers. And it's already being challenged in court. But the president is trying to see what he could get away with after stacking the Supreme Court with not just right wing … (02:32–02:40)

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Asserts that the executive order is illegal and Trump lacks authority to remove bargaining rights.

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