Harris advocates strong unions after US dockworkers, shippers reach deal

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Harris advocates strong unions after US dockworkers, shippers reach deal  'The bottom line is when unions are strong, America is strong,' US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris tells a campaign event in Redford, Michigan, in the suburbs of Detroit, a day after US dockworkers reached a preliminary deal with shippers and suspended their strike.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #kamalaharris  #usa

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00:00So, look, just yesterday we saw another example of the power of collective bargaining, right?

00:05When the Longshoremen and the U.S. Maritime Alliance came together,

00:09ended a strike, and reached an agreement on a record wage.

00:13Right?

00:15They did good. They did good.

00:19And I say everywhere I go, look, collective bargaining benefits everybody.

00:25And the bottom line is when unions are strong, America is strong.

00:34And our unions have always fought to make our nation then more equal, more fair, and more free.

00:40And in this election, in 32 days, everything we have fought for is on the line.

00:48I will always put the middle class and working families first.

00:52I come from the middle class, and I will never forget where I come from.

00:57I will never forget where I come from.

01:01Then America lost nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs when he was president,

01:07including tens of thousands of jobs in Michigan.

01:11And those losses started before the pandemic, so we're clear.

01:16Making Donald Trump one of the biggest losers of manufacturing jobs in American history.

01:28If reelected, he intends to launch a full-on attack on unions and the freedom to organize.

01:35He will ban public sector unions, roll back workplace safety protections,

01:42and appoint a union buster to run the Department of Labor.

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