August 1, 2024
Trump, Vance, and The Republican Anti-Worker Playbook
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Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile.
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With the price of just about everything going up during inflation, we thought we'd bring our prices down.
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So to help us, we brought in a reverse auctioneer, which is apparently a thing.
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The right-wing talks a big economic populist game, claiming that the working class is their chief concern. But their pro-worker words don’t translate into pro-worker actions. During the first Trump administration, for instance, Republicans killed raising the minimum wage and created a higher threshold for workers to be eligible for overtime pay. Plus, Trump’s Supreme Court justice selections represent the most anti-worker judges in a century. This week, we’re joined by Steven Greenhouse, the labor and workplace reporter at the New York Times for 19 years, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, and author of the book, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor, as well as Heather Cox Richardson, author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America. Together, they examine the history of labor in the US and explore what populist rhetoric offers Americans when it's accompanied by policies that undermine workers.Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast> TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpodHost/Executive Producer – Jon StewartExecutive Producer – James DixonExecutive Producer – Chris McShaneExecutive Producer – Caity GrayLead Producer – Lauren WalkerProducer – Brittany MehmedovicVideo Editor & Engineer – Rob VitoloAudio Editor & Engineer – Nicole BoyceResearcher/AP – Gillian SpearMusic by Hansdle Hsu—This podcast is brought to you by:ZipRecruiterTry it for free at this exclusive web address: ziprecruiter.com/ZipWeekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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