-mexico, canada trade agreement supported by the afl-cio and chamber of commerce and building upon some of the changes that needed to be made to lift up the american worker. he wound up supporting that agreement. now, it is being negotiated by the trump administration, but he was supportive. he did support our efforts at criminal justice reform when we passed the first step act and ultimately signed into law and one of the most far-reaching criminal justice reform bill that passed congress. it was a bipartisan effort and there were republicans in the house that ultimately voted against that legislation even though it was signed into law signed by president trump. there are areas of areas of agreement. he voted against funding for you -- ukraine. the senate will act in a bipartisan way as it relates to the national security requests that have been put forward by president biden. the house will be prepared to take an up or down vote, you shouldn't separate out assistance to ukraine, because this is not a difficult choice. you can either stand on the side of the free world or bend the knee

-mexico, canada trade agreement supported by the afl-cio and chamber of commerce and building upon some of the changes that needed to be made to lift up the american worker. he wound up supporting that agreement. now, it is being negotiated by the trump administration, but he was supportive. he did support our efforts at criminal justice reform when we passed the first step act and ultimately signed into law and one of the most far-reaching criminal justice reform bill that passed congress. it was a bipartisan effort and there were republicans in the house that ultimately voted against that legislation even though it was signed into law signed by president trump. there are areas of areas of agreement. he voted against funding for you -- ukraine. the senate will act in a bipartisan way as it relates to the national security requests that have been put forward by president biden. the house will be prepared to take an up or down vote, you shouldn't separate out assistance to ukraine, because this is not a difficult choice. you can either stand on the side of the free world or bend the knee

and, you know, as michael says, like lots of workers who are, you know, either are covered by the afl-cio or would want to be covered don't share those views. so what that reflecting is the degree to which you know, organized labor has become very much part of the democratic party. but one thing one major reason for that, you know, over the past two generations, the labor movement has often more often than not gotten the back of the hand from the republican party. and so it's been forced to shift, too, to the democrats, i think, by political necessity. and therefore, even those workers are coming to the republican party as voters. they don't have an organized vote voice the republican party in the same way that organized labor is in an organized part of the democratic coalition. but if we had a republican party that was friendly to labor organizations, then you could i think you would see labor becoming more independent. it's not so dependent on one party knowing that the other one will be, you know, hostile at every stage. it's national labor relations boards will just be kind of made up

schiff: i have been working with the afl cio to introduce federal legislation to provide employment insurance to striking workers. corporate executives on the others of the strike are getting paid. striking workers need to get paid. they are trying to provide for their families. the only way we can counter decades of concentration of corporate power and wealth is by making it easier to collectively bargain. making it easier to get a contract and to enforce it. that means families that are living hand to mouth, that are struggling to pay their bills, provide health care for their kids, when they strike for better work and better wages for themselves and others, they need to have unemployment insurance. as the workplace continues to change we need to make sure working people are protected. lisa: congresswoman porter? rep. porter: striking workers are exercising their legal rights. nobody should go hungry for simply trying to use their legal rights to better themselves and better our entire country's economy. governor newsom was wrong here. he did not stand with those who are creating california

the board. in may, i was honored to invite uaw president sean fain, and afl-cio secretary-treasurer frederick redman to present and speak with my trade minister colleagues at a first-ever labor discussion forum at the trade ministerial we hosted in detroit. in order to understand why we are placing the interests and needs of our workers at the center of our trade policies, and in order to work with us to develop more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient economy in the asia-pacific region, it is critical for our partners to meet and hear directly from the leaders of our worker organizations. not just our company ceos. during our host, we are seizing the opportunity to demonstrate the power of inclusion as a means to promote economic opportunity and competition. this means lifting up women entrepreneurs and workers, helping small businesses grow, and unlocking economic opportunities for underrepresented parts of our population. and we are walking our talk. in san francisco in november, a peck trade ministers will hear from and engage with indigenous leaders from around the asia-pacific so that their