our guest is mary kay henry, the international president of the service employees international unionay henry, last week we heard from president biden about the sate9 of the union. -- state of the union. how would you describe the state of labor unions in the united states? >> guest: st the exploding. workers are rising up all over this country saying enough is enough, rejecting the status quo and joining together to demand unions. >> host: when it comes to union membership in this country, a chartmb from the washington post showing the changes since the early 'to 80s -- '80s and the trend is a decline in overall membership in the united states. >> guest: yes of. >> host: so that chart, you're saying it's exploding in the united states. >> guest: organizing working people is exploding, and i expect we're at an inflection point just like the president said at the state of the union for american labor that's been systematically attacked for the last 40 years by legislative and supreme court decisions that have eroded collective bargaining. but i think workers joining together and demand

host: ok, let's let mary kay henry jump in.st: i agree that corporations are holding wages down, low wages. i think it is important you and i have a dialogue, and the entire country have a dialogue, about the impact of immigration on our economy and wages. i think it is time for a compassionate and humane fix to our broken immigration system, instead of dehumanizing and criminalizing people who are simply trying, like you and i, t o provide for a better life for our families. and i think we could probably find, if we had more time to struggle with each other, like we do in the labor movement, to find a better path, the way in which it sounds like you also want to fix the system. how we get it done is where we would have the struggle to find the best path forward. that is what congress needs to do for our democracy. host: do you agree that chuck schumer is more interested in standing up for wall street banks and investment firms than workers? guest: it has not been our union's experience with him. in all the work we have done, m

coming up monday morning, mary kay henry, the international president of the service employee international union discuss of the state of a brilliance in the u.s. and president biden's accounting policies and then a look at federal spending and the debt limit with a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. watch washington your live at 7:00 p.m. eastern monday morning on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile video app. when the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. is week, on t c-span network, the house is out, the senate is in and it will be working on president biden's judicial nominations for the first circuit court of appeals and district court spirit on wednesday, the senate finance committee to consider the nominati of daniel as the commissioner of the irs. they will testify before the senate foreign relations committee. watch this week, live on the c-span network or on c-spa our free mobile video app. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span shop.org is c-span's online store, home to the latest collection of apparel, books, home de

coming up monday morning, mary kay henry, international president of the service employees international union, discusses the state of labor unions in the u.s. and president biden's economic policies. then a look at federal spending and the debt limit with senior fellow at the manhattan institute. watched washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning on c-span, boron c-span now, our free mobile video app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. announcer: this week on the c-span networks, the house is out, the senate is in, and will be working on president den's judicial nominations for u.s. circuit court of appeals and district courts. tuesday morning, the senate commerce committee considers the nominationor the federal communications commission. on wedsd the senate finance committee considers denomination of the cioner of the irs. later, officials from the departments of state, justice, and the white house testify before the senate foreign relations committee on combating fentanyl trafficking. watch this week live on the c-span

mary kay henry, international president of the service employees international union discusses the state of labor unions in the u.s. and the president's economic policies. then a look at federal spending and the debt limit with ryan reidel, senior fellow at the manhattan institute. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. monday, february 13, 2023. yesterday, a u.s. fighter p