Labor Struggles in the Trump Era

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TRUMP'S PICK FOR SECRETARY OF LABOR AND ONGOING LABOR STRUGGLES

Denise Morris talks with Stephanie Luce about Donald Trump's selection of Fast Food CEO Andrew Puzder for Labor Secretary. Stephanie Luce is an Associate Professor at the Murphy Institute, City University of New York. She is the author of Fighting for a Living Wage. Her book Labor Movements: Global perspectives was published in 2014. In 2010 Andrew Puzder along with Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance, David Newton co authored the ebook entitled Job Creation: How It Really Works and Why Government Doesn’t Understand It. But the enemies of minimum wage and worker protections will not go unchallenged. Denise and Stephanie look at the current fight for 15 and a Union and new opportunities to re/build the labor movement.

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