Sentences with phrase «middle class workers rights»
In 2010, these folks stayed home or voted for the Republicans / Tea Party types and in the wake of that election, we've seen assaults of middle class workers rights.
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Women, men, children, unemployed people, excluded and oppressed people, workers, landless peasants, communities suffering from racism, impoverished city dwellers, indigenous peoples, students, intellectuals, migrants, small business people, outcasts, declining middle classes - citizens - are asserting their dignity, demanding respect for their human rights and natural heritages, and practising solidarity.
«Labor Day is a day we celebrate the great American work ethic and those hardworking men and women who struggled to provide us with workers» rights and deliver us today's landmarks of middle class security, including the 40 - hour work week, child labor laws, pensions, a minimum wage, Social Security and Medicare.
In my three plus years in the Senate, I've delivered on my promise to ensure our region gets its fair share, which includes record school aid, lowering middle class taxes, enacting equal pay for women, and supporting a better business environment while protecting the rights of workers.
«If we are going to put New York back on the right track, the burden has to be borne by everyone, not just the poor, the workers and the middle class,» he said.