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This commentary, never before broadcast, details the anti-labor actions of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, one of the Bush cabinet member who'll remain with him in his second term. The law says she's supposed to furthjer the interest of working people but, like her boss, she's interested only in furthering the interests of their employers at the expense of the workers.
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Posted on December 25, 2004 at 04:54 PM | Permalink
Review of Our Anti-Labor Secretary of Labor
A biting and critical preview of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao's next stay in the Bush II Whitehouse. Dick Meister uses his knowledgable, off-hand, approach to slice and dice one of the only survivors of George W. Bush's first term cabinet. From Meister's point of view, the world of labor has four more years of worry ahead of it. He states clearly that Chao "May be the most anti-labor labor secretary ever." Dick's delivery is part Daniel Schorr and part Morley Safer. Brevity is his specialty, and he packs a punch with each word.