. >> caller: uaw worker from upstate, new york.sk president henry she did mention amazon. you see those prime trucks that have amazon on the trucks driving around? i think i interpret them as independent contractors. and it seems like there is an over explosion of miss classifying workers and independent contractors so they do not have a right to organize. but i hope president henry can answer that question. i always support the sei you, thank you. >> thank you so much we stand in solidarity with uaw members as well. you are right employers happy using independent contractors to avoid allowing workers to join together in unions. that is another way labor law is broken and the proactive would correct the problem that you point out and allow those drivers to join together just like ups workers who are able to bargain a national contract. the statement louisiana independent good morning you are on with mary k henry. >> thank you for taking my call. i am a retired teamster. are there any efforts to organize walmart? thank you. >> i kno

because the automakers are looking at the forecast on the workforce they need, the uaw obviously wants works the best with the uaw negotiations is you're constantly communicating not just when you go into negotiations and that means open book, what's the strategy of the company, what are the facts so by the time you get to the negotiations you're not debating the facts back and forth you're understanding how do you come to a contract that keeps the company healthy but also at the same time protects workers as best as possible. >> mark, we're going to watch that partnership with china and the mix shift and the charging network and deliveries in the weeks to come with your help good to see you. thank you. mark fields. >> thanks, carl. >>> coming up why oak mark is betting big on the financials and where they see growth. we'll discuss that next with the s&p at 4121. let me bring in my expert. mmm so many scratches... oh those are from my car keys. - such a rich history. - yeah. this won't do well at auction. but at at&t, it's worth a brand-new samsung galaxy s23. - wait really? - mmhmm. w

caller: uaw worker from upstate new york. she did mention amazon. see those prime trucks that has amazon on the trucks. i think i interpret them as independent contractors. and it seems like there is an over exclusion of miss classifying workers as independent contractors, so they do not have a right to organize, but i hope that president henry can answer that question. and aioli support the seiu. thank you. guest: thank you, we stand in solidarity with the uaw members as well. employers have been using independent contractors to avoid allowing workers to join together in unions, because that is another way the labor law is broken and the pro-act would correct the problems you point out and allow those drivers to be able to join together, like ups workers, who are able to bargain. host: we have an independent on the line from louisiana. caller: thank you. i am a retired teacher. any methods to organize walmart? guest: you know, i know that historically there have been attempts by walmart workers to join together when fast food workers started organi

and he said, about the uaw, at least he was honest you know, he was saying and their strategists telling them this is not a winning issue, carry the same thing all over. when i challenged kerry on it at a at a brookings institution, he went ballistic. and i talked to all of that of change. but i defy you to find one account of his campaign which says he it a major part of his campaign. he didn't and the sad thing is his strategists were right. look at what happened when tom steyer, you know, who spent millions trying to become the of climate change and really got nowhere. jay inslee, washington former governor, washington think he did the same thing for whatever reason, it has not been a voting issue and that is part because it has become politicized and. it became politicized in the late nineties after the kyoto treaty passed and business said we can't let this happen. and so they became lots and pouring lots of money into lobbying efforts to paint it as a part, the liberal liberal agenda and know it was sort of it captured some of the energy behind the wallace movement later by trump w

. >> actually, i had a guest in the gallery who is one of the presidents of one of my local uaw chaptersnsing. we were like, holy moly, that was a lot of minutes towards the issues that are really important in state like michigan. and he was taking his economic agenda, talking about the things that he's done, and making an inherent economic security case, right? we're all watching the chinese balloon over the weekend. we're all following that story. our supply chains and our dependencies on places like china are real-world issues for a place like michigan. so he spent a lot of time talking about bringing those supply chains home on critical items. that is music to our ears in the manufacturing -- >> they talk about supply chains, congresswoman. and republicans can't cheer about having the supply chain start in america, republicans can't cheer, gene, about bringing manufacturing jobs home. and the one that i thought was just the craziest thing in the world was when biden just set it up, like every great politician does, let me tell you something, when things go back in america, we come ou