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Sean O'Brien: “We need legal protections that make it safer for workers to…”

Featuring: Sean O'Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters | National

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Published | Video Starts at 14:15

To paraphrase Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, it's time for both sides of Congress to stand their butts up. We need trade policies that put American workers first. It needs to be easier for companies to remain in America. We need legal protections that make it safer for workers to get a contract. We must stop corporations from abandoning local communities to inflate their bottom line. We need meaningful bankruptcy reform. Today, corporate vultures buy up companies like Yellow Freight with the intent of driving them into bankruptcy and feasting on their remains. (14:15–14:21)

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Asserts the need for legal protections to ensure worker safety in contract negotiations.

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