. >> according to the international labor organization, on average per year americans work 137 more hours than japanese workers, 260 hours more than british workers and 499 more hours than french workers. there are a few differences have a 30 days break in brazil year. every year you can take a month off for vacation. it gives you perspective. americans of never heard of this . they may have five days the year. in brazil everyone is used to thought i would only have five days they would not take the job. here you may have three or four, in holland it's 50. >> some latin american countries even let their workers come home for two hours during the mill of the day -- in the middle of the day so they can get a good meal from home, or even take a nap. that's not even counting the paid vacation days that they get. >> i asked someone, why don't you expand your business and he says why should i when taxes are 90%? what's my incentive? why would i want to work harder? so taxation hurts motivation. >> i think it's typically american for us to work hard. i think that's part of who we are. we have to

through the senate practically unanimously but making the distinction this is the international labor labor organization there was a real distinction. the soviet union hated it. >> all the revolution that we see here. >> let's just for the television audience but for our friends here most know at the international labor organization is so let's explain briefly what is it and what do you guys do? i think that's important for having the larger conversation. >> today a specialized agency of the united nations. not just of governments but of governments and representatives of employers. 187 member states and what do we do? we negotiate and supervise them. -- of the game of the common global elements. i think is perhaps one of the positive alignments of what the ilo does with us didn't us interest. >> i will put on my team america hat and pro-capitalism had isn't it in essence saying trying to create a fair form of capitalism, is that a way to frame that? >> it talks about the creation of humane conditions of labor but also i think today looks like the level playing field. by establishing those rules i think

so strong that the fundamental couper of labor rights in the basic principle in the international labor organization is the rate of free association which would mean the right to form unions and us has never ratified. but i think the us may be alone among major societies and their respect. it's considered so far out of the spectrum of american politics it literally has never been considered. herber that the us has a lawn a very violent labor history is. society. but the labor movement had been very strong by the 1920 s. in the period not unlike today it was virtually crushed robert reich like a very very. weak. her. by the mincer is beginning to reconstruct. franklin delano roosevelt and he himself was rather sympathetic to progressive legislation that would be in the benefit of the general population but he had to somehow get it passed so he informed the labor leaders and others forced me to do it. what he meant is you go out and demonstrate we're going to protest develop the labor movement. when the popular pressures fission and be able can through the legislation you know i am not for a rip. defi

is so strong that the fundamental couper of labor rights the basic principle in the international labor organization is the rate of free association which would mean the right to form unions u.s. has never ratified. i think the us may be alone in one major side isn't every speck . it's considered so far out of the spectrum of american politics it literally has never been considered. a remember that the us has a long and very violent labor history as compared to society. but the labor movement had been very strong about the 1920 s. in the period not unlike today it was virtually kirsch grabber.

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japanese workers $260.00 more than brits and $499.00 more than the french according to the international labor organization $499.00 hours a year more than the french no wonder they have so much free time to run around a yellow vests. you know i mean. basically american workers would protest like the french and would demand more time off except we have to be at work in a minutes so. why do we want paid sick leave when do we want until you are 7 going to get to work i was going to kill me. while it's robbers giving giant tax cuts to the richest people in the country slashing the corporate tax rate that was already very low 20 percent of americans can't pay all of their monthly bills more than a quarter of adults skipped needed medical care last year because they couldn't afford it a quarter of adults have no retirement savings but but in interims defense managing retirement savings is very stressful it really is lots of paperwork so millions of americans get to enjoy the happy go lucky nature of no retirement savings that's ok which also comes with the happy go lucky untreated diabetes. you can laugh and you

the international labor organization says over 40 million people are trafficked word wide.he vast majority in labor slavery. >> that includes jobs in domestic service, farmwork, restaurants, construction and service industries. >> do you have any best friends? >> you may get more sex trafficking calls. >> that is not reflective of what kind is the majority? >> labor traffic has to be forced the against your will to work. you to the you were going to be a manager, it turns out you are forced to be a made. >> back in los angeles, this attorney works on behalf of trafficking victims at the thai community development center here there the majority cases i see are labor trafficking cases. a lot of times they go and work at a restaurant and aren't paid correctly. they feel they can't go anywhere else. a lot of times victim don't self identify as victims. >> even though they might be essentially a slave? >> right. >> we met to meet some of the trafficking victims she's represented. hi, jacob. this house is a handful of 1,100 trafficked migrant thai farm workers lived today. if you

the international labor organization says over 40 million people are trafficked worldwide.ex trafficking calls, but that's not necessarily reflective of what type of trafficking is the majority in the united states? >> labor trafficking has to be force against your will to work. you thought you were going to be a manager. you are forced to be a maid. >> reporter: in los angeles an attorney works on behalf of trafficking victims at the thai community development center here. >> the majority are labor trafficking cases. a lot of times they work at a restaurant and they are not paid correctly. they feel like they can't go anywhere else. many times victims don't self-identify as victims. >> reporter: even though they might be essentially a slave >> right. >> reporter: we went to meet some of the trafficking victims she has represented. hi jacob. this house in east hollywood is where a handful of 1,100 trafficked migrant thai farm workers live today if you wanted to go home to thailand, were you able to go home >> translator: i couldn't because they took our passports. >> report

david: international labor day ,s much more of a workers organize labor, and even marxist and leninistthe heart of the workers and their protests. we also saw in athens, street demonstrations. it is a tradition that goes way back. alix: we could really rake in some cash for lunch. the majority of europe is closed, as well as asian markets, china and japan closed for the rest of the week. apple optimism helping support s&p futures. he also had a deep selloff in the faang stocks yesterday. it is a mixed dollar story. euro-dollar up by 2/10 of 1%. what kind of fed news is priced in? yields go nowhere. crude down by's extensive 1%. maybe the venezuela -- down by 6/10 of 1%. maybe the venezuela situation is contribute in. david: at 8:30 this morning eastern time, the fed announcing -- announcing refinancing plans for the quarter. general, attorney william barr begins his testimony on his handling of the miller report. at 2:00, the fed releases its latest rate decision. we are going to have a very special program here, but as mike mckee said, probably jay powell is hoping william barr takes

organizations to try to challenge anti-semitism. the labor movement, the women's movement, the japanese internment, civil rights movement, and then we speak with islamophobia, with the normative pattern of otherization. all of a sudden, we're talking about islam and chapter five, 7, 114, and so on, and you completely lose the sense that america's norm is otherization. it is the exception. once you put islamophobia in the normative historical trajectory, it is easy to understand what is taking place other than the conversation of what chapter five of the koran says. you lose completely the full-length of american history as well as european history. europe has a problem with living with others because so far, they have not demonstrated the capacity to live with the other. i think that is what we need to begin the conversation with. [applause] >> good morning again. i will preface our comments -- i was intending to do a shameless book plug. the book i can out with lester called presumed guilty. that book ends up -- last year called presumed guilty. islamophobia is a distraction and the way we talk about muslims and violence and terror

the international lab organization says over 40 million people are trafficked worldwide. the vast majority in laborfficking united states >> turns out you're being forced to be a maid >> reporter: pini works on behalf of trafficking victims at the thai majority. >> a lot of times they go and work at a restaurant and they're not being paid tcorrectly. bun they feel like they can't go anywhere else. and many times victims don't self-identify as victims. >> reporter: even thougt they mighbe essentially a slave. >> right. >> reporter: we met some of the victims she's representing. hi. jacob. this house in east hollywood is where a handful of 1100fi trafed migrant thai farm workers live today. if you wanted to go home to thailand, were you able to go home? >> translator: i couldn't because they took our passports. >> reporter: they took everybody's popa? everybody's passport they took w ay? they lived in conditions just like tse in hawaii and washington state. they were given $9 a day to live on but that stopped after a month. because itt wasn't w they were promised, they asked for help from fellow thai

organizations to challenge anti-semitism. the labor movement, the women's movement , the japanese internment, civil rights movement then we speak of islamophobia as rather than try to exceptional is muslims by trying to discuss islam and all of a sudden we are talking about islam and so on. you completely lose the sense that americans know normalization. it will be easy to understand what is taking place rather than beginning the conversation -- again you lose completely the american history -- >> europe has a problem living with the other because they have not demonstrated the capacity to live with the other. i think that we need to begin the conversation. >> good morning again. i will preface my comments. i wasn't intending to do but the topic makes sense. the book i wrote last year presumed guilty why we shouldn't ask might be the most important part that islamophobia in many ways is distraction and the way we talk about muslims and terrorism is a distraction. the united states and europe white christians, white american violence and i don't know if we talk too much time talking about violence but what we struggle to talk ab