{"id":5309,"date":"2022-05-05T21:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/watch-amazon-labor-union-leader-tells-sen-graham-its-in-his-best-interest-to-listen-to-workers\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T21:53:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:53:15","slug":"watch-amazon-labor-union-leader-tells-sen-graham-its-in-his-best-interest-to-listen-to-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=5309","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Amazon Labor Union leader tells Sen. Graham it&#8217;s in his &#8216;best interest&#8217; to listen to workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WbIKMpx8c8g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls defended workers Thursday after a passionate defense of corporations by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., during a hearing on labor laws.<\/p>\n<p>Graham defended corporations who had faced recent unionization efforts and attacked laws that would prevent them from swaying a union election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is patently illegal. This is a heavy handed approach,&#8221; Graham said in his opening remarks before the Senate Budget Committee, adding that  it was part of &#8220;the most radical agenda&#8221; he had seen in his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Graham said if Republicans won enough seats to take control of the Senate in the 2022 midterm elections, attacks on corporations would stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we take this body back, this demonization of individual companies that are subject to the law will cease,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking immediately after Graham, Smalls said it sounded like the senator was focused on companies and businesses, &#8220;but you forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re not protected, and the process for when we hold these companies accountable is not working for us, then that&#8217;s the reason why we\u2019re here today,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Smalls said it would be in Graham\u2019s \u201cbest interest\u201d to listen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not a left or right thing, it\u2019s not a Democrat or Republican thing. It\u2019s a worker\u2019s thing. It\u2019s a worker\u2019s issue and we\u2019re the ones that are suffering in the corporations that you&#8217;re talking about, in the businesses that you&#8217;re talking about, in the warehouses that you&#8217;re talking about,&#8221; Smalls said.<br \/>\n\u201cThat&#8217;s the reason why I think I was invited today to speak on that behalf and you should listen because we do represent your constituents as well,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2Jb8twG\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2Jb8twG<\/a><br \/>\nFind more from PBS NewsHour at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<\/a><br \/>\nSubscribe to our YouTube channel: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HfsCD6\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HfsCD6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nFacebook: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/newshour<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newshour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe:<br \/>\nPBS NewsHour podcasts: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/podcasts<\/a><br \/>\nNewsletters: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls defended workers Thursday after a passionate defense of corporations by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., during a hearing on labor laws. 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