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Zohran Mamdani: “There were workers on strike in the Bronx and they were…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Published | Video Starts at 42:23

To your question about what it means to stand with workers. You know, the other day we had heard that There were workers on strike in the Bronx and they were facing the prospect of management hiring scavs. And management wanted them to work more hours without additional pay. And we knew that we had a press availability scheduled coming up. We thought, why not have this at the picket line? (42:23–42:31)

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Asserts that workers on strike in the Bronx faced management hiring replacement workers.

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