I think that's a really important question.

It's one that I think the Democratic Party needs to answer at the highest levels because

the more that we treat labor as a side piece, as similar to any other interest group, the

more we forget that organized labor has been the bridge to working people that the Democratic

Party has not figured out how to talk to on its own.

Clear to me is the correlation and the demise of labor and the demise of the Democratic

Party's ability to talk to white working class voters specifically, but working class people generally.

I'm Jason Kander and this is majority 54. I hope that you've been enjoying the blistering start

to the second season of our show. We've already spoken to a tattooed biker district attorney,

which fighting for criminal justice reform. And then another guy named, I think I'm pronouncing

this right, Lin-Man Well, apparently he does Broadway stuff and the kids seem to love it.

Anyway, we're keeping this awesome spirit of resistance and positivity alive today, with a

guest that's been fighting the good fight on behalf of workers in the most glamorous and flashy

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to subscribe. Let's keep spreading the word. Now for today's episode, before I was full time in

politics, I was an attorney for a while and among my clients were union members and I represented

them sometimes in negotiations, oftentimes in court. I tell you that to tell you that I came to the

labor movement initially not as a politician. I came to it as an attorney representing their

interests. And what that means is I didn't initially understand everything about organized labor

through the lens of politics. And I think a lot of politicians on both sides of the aisle and a lot

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