I strongly believe that Julie Su will be that Labor Secretary.

For the last 50 years, middle class and working class of this country have been struggling.

We need a Labor Secretary who understands that we must raise the minimum wage to a living wage.

the unemployment insurance fraud rate was 15.4 percent in Tennessee, 15.3 percent in Arizona, 14.3 percent in South Carolina, and over 14 percent in Massachusetts.

We need a Labor Secretary who will strongly enforce the child labor laws that are on the books.

We need a Labor Secretary who believes that young people in this country should have access to apprenticeship programs.

The truth is that the Trump administration failed to provide adequate guidance and resources to states on how to administer these emergency unemployment benefits.

I commend the Committee for holding this hearing to show that you take seriously the rights of Starbucks workers to organize.

It would seem to me that if I was sitting where you were sitting and fighting for a union, one of my demands would be consistent and reasonable scheduling that I have some input to.

It is a bedrock of our democracy that the law applies to everyone, including the most powerful.

The fundamental issue we are confronting today is whether we have a system of justice that applies to all or whether billionaires and large corporations can break the law with impunity.

I commend the Committee for holding this hearing to show that you take seriously the rights of Starbucks workers to organize.

I believe that labor unions play an important role in protecting that bedrock principle.

strong unions are a vital part of rebuilding the declining middle class in this country.

workers have a right to join a union.

Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our Country.

Starbucks has refused to sign a single first contract with the union.

But even if he is a multi-billionaire and the head of a giant corporation, he is not entitled to break the law.

Starbucks has refused to sign a single first contract with the union.

Starbucks broke the law 130 times across six states since workers began organizing.

It would seem to me that if I was sitting where you were sitting and fighting for a union, one of my demands would be consistent and reasonable scheduling that I have some input to.

It is a bedrock of our democracy that the law applies to everyone, including the most powerful.

strong unions are a vital part of rebuilding the declining middle class in this country.

Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our Country.

workers have a right to join a union.