abigail, thank you so much richard trumka is next.s is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. there may be some green shoots in places in the getting things are getting better but we have to remember 20 million americans are still filing regular unemployment claims, and that puts more pressure on reopening the economy, but that puts some workers on the front lines yet again. we will speak to someone representing 20 million of those workers, richard trumka, president of the afl-cio. what is the pressure you are feeling as the head of such a large union, to get your people that to work, but also to protect them? richard: there is some tension that way, but we are facing three crises right now, a public health pandemic, economic freefall, and long-standing systemic racism. in patients will make all three of those things worse. when we emphasize is we must have a health standard. osha refuses to get involved. we have to have a standard so that employers know

we are fortunate to have richard trumka with us. afl-cio represents more than 12 million men in women across -- and women across the country. you were in the center of those demonstrations in lafayette park. for people that don't know the geography of washington, your headquarters are right on that block. as i understand, there was damage done. who was responsible, what happened? there was some damage, they were not peaceful protesters, people try to take advantage of the situation to create chaos. it just proves one thing. the afl-cio is not a building, we are a group of living people that have arms locked together to bring social justice back to america. let's talk about social justice. confrontingution is this right now in the wake of the george floyd killing. how is it affecting your members, your operations, how do you deal with the question of inherent racism in our system? i think it affect every american out there, regardless of your color, sex, race, anything else. what we are trying to do is focus on three things. we have

we will keep watching this, obviously. >> stay safe maria. >> and to you richard trumka joining tell as always stay safe richard, looting across america one business owner how he stays safe. that is right after this. to keep customers and employees in the know. to keep business moving. comcast business is prepared for times like these. powered by the nation's largest gig-speed network. to help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. and a team of experts - here for you 24/7. we've always believed in the power of working together. that's why, when every connection counts... you can count on us. maria: welcome back, protesters across america pressure on retailers protecting businesses employees a mercedes dealership in oakland damaging more than 70 luxury cars stolen, near san francisco during a looting spree joining me founder owner of a business, vandalized, david norman thanks very much for being here. i am sorry that you had damage to deal with how has your business been damaged? >> they -- the looters a coupl

joining me now is the president of the afl-cio, richard trumka.rd, it's great to see you this morning. thanks very much for joining us. you are demanding a personal apology by mark zuckerberg to the working people. >> you know, exactly. facebook holds itself out as this champion of free speech and yet here it is developing a platform that allows employers to totally deny their employees' free speech and blacklists them which is illegal and sort of truncate or eliminate their ability to talk about unionization which is also illegal. so he's doing two things here that are terrible. one, he's doing illegal stuff like blacklisting and making eavesdropping on the employees' talk about unionization, that's illegal. the second thing is he's undermining the notion of free speech because it's only his free speech that he's been a champion of, not workers' free speech. he deserves -- we should have an apology. we demand an apology. and they should abandon further work on these type of platforms. maria: well, i mean, then you have to agree with both republic

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last week, the afl-cio president richard trumka has echoed these concerns. the mexican legislative reforms are the foundation of building effective labor rights enforcements, and they require our urgent attention. similarly, we need to hold our own companies accountable as well. reports emerge daily of american companies pressuring their factories in mexico to keep operating to reopen, without taking into account health and safety protections for their workers. some of these companies are the same ones that shuttered their operations and laid off workers in communities here in the united states. we engaged over the last year in good faith relying on the facts and evidence to negotiate usmca. ambassador, we know that you are a hard-liner on these issues and will apply the same vigor to ensuring the enforcement of this trade deal as we did in negotiating it. with respect top to the larger -- with respect to the larger trade agenda, the administration has been very active over this year. the administration started section 301 enforcement investigations into dig