House Proceeding 03-26-09 on Mar 26th, 2009 :: 2:08:40 to 2:11:00
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Keith Ellison: where there would be good wages and benefits for the service employees at that hotel. and that's a good thing and i fought for it too. but in the other hotels, that's not happening. and so you can imagine that if we actually lift up workers in one work site that we have the possibility then of lifting up workers in another work se.

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Keith Ellison: and as you pointed out, the gentleman from minnesota has pointed out, that in fact, mr. speaker, that means that all workers benefit from the ability to organize to form a union. and i would yield to the gentleman from minnesota. mr. ellison: yeah. i thank you, congresswoman edwards, for doing this again. so many myths you're busting

2:09:21 to 2:09:43( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: tonight, so much good information including the panels that are right next to you. but i just want to say, as you're busting myths associated with the employer free choice act, and i thank you for that, let me just talk a few other things that unions have done for me and you. workers compensation, that's because workers fought for it. social security, that's pretty

2:09:44 to 2:10:05( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: od thing, right? minimum wage. i'd say that's a thumbs up. the weekend, you want to thank someone for the weekend, you can thank the union movement. the eight-hour day, prohibitions against child labor so we don't have 9-year-olds slaving away for 14

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Keith Ellison: hours a day seven days a week. worker safety. used to be, congresswoman edwards, if you lost your thumb at that punch press they codn't use you anymore. you just had to leave. now we have worker safety and requirements. osha. setting a wage scale. as you pointed out, as a worker who was on the lower end of the wage scale, you could thank the

2:10:30 to 2:10:52( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: union movement for setting a minimum wage andetting a wage scale that other employees -- employers had to meet because they would lose workers. the union movement, as i pointed out a moment ago, contributed to the civil rights movement for women, for people of color. and even today so many struggles for union representation are caught up in

2:10:53 to 2:11:00( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: struggles for empowerment, for people who are immigrants to our society, communities of color, women, people who are