Zohran Mamdani: “Workers have won the rights that are taken for granted…”

“From where we stand right now, we speak of Eugene debts calling for the eight hour workday and the end of child labor where 20,000 plus called for change after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911. Workers have won the rights that are taken for granted today. The 40 hour work week, the weekend, overtime pay, minimum wage, Social Security, workplace safety standards, these have all been won by the workers who came before us. And yet we know that those rights are not inevitable. We have to work together to not just protect them, but to advance that same agenda.” (01:18–01:36)

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