Melanie Stansbury: “I am here tonight to stand union strong with our workers across America and in solidarity with my sister from New…”

“I am here tonight to stand union strong with our workers across America and in solidarity with my sister from New Jersey, Representative McIver. We stand union strong, labor strong, America strong, and worker strong. Mr. Speaker, I think it is notable, as we stand on this floor tonight, that there is not a single Republican here to stand with our workers. Let's be honest: When my colleagues across the aisle say that they stand for American manufacturing and American jobs, they don't mean that they stand with American workers. They are there to stand with the corporations and the people who line their pockets off of the sweat of the hardworking men and women who actually do the work in this country. Unfortunately, as I look around this floor this evening, I don't see a single one of them standing in solidarity. Under this administration, we have seen an unprecedented attack on our unions and worker protections. Protections that keep our workers safe from injury, illness, and death on the job, all to shield employers from accountability and to increase their profits. Instead of standing with workers, they weakened rules on overtime, rolled back safety standards, and gutted protections for wage theft.”