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Companies Policing Themselves? · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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So at the end of June, President Donald Trump, nominated Keith Sonderling
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to be the new Secretary of Labor.
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Tuesday, August 25th.
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Rather than supporting a robust, government oversight of employers
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violating labor laws, he is in favor of self-policing, of companies basically
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raising their hand when they do something wrong and letting us know.
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That's from Labor Radio on KBOO on the Labor Radio Podcast
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In today's labor history on this date in 1925, the Brotherhood of
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Sleeping Car Porters was founded.
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A. Philip Randolph became the union's first organizer
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Today's labor quote is by A. Philip Randolph who said, "Salvation for a race,
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nation, or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted, it is won.
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Justice is never given, it is exacted."
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This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.