奥巴马每周电视讲话:总统阐释劳工节传承的财富(3)

Do we want a future where inequality rises as union membership keeps falling 我们期待的未来,是不平等增加而工会成员不断减少, or one where wages are rising for everybody and workers have a say in their prospects? 还是每个人工资不断增加而工人对他们的前景有发言权? Are we a people who just talk about family values while remaining the only developed nation that doesn't offe...

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奥巴马每周电视讲话:总统阐释劳工节传承的财富(1)

Hi everybody. Before you fire up the barbecue for the long weekend, I want to talk a little bit about the reason we get to celebrate Labor Day 嗨,大家。在你为周末长假制作烧烤之前,我想谈谈我们庆祝劳工节的原由, and that's the labor movement that helped build this country and our middle class. 这是劳工运动帮助国家建设并壮大了中产阶级。 For generations, every time the eco...

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奥巴马每周电视讲话:总统阐释劳工节传承的财富(2)

It's why I issued a call to raise the minimum wage, and when Congress ignored that call, 18 states and the District of Columbia, 我还呼吁提高最低工资,而国会对此无动于衷时,有18 个州和哥伦比亚特区 plus another 51 cities and counties went ahead and gave their workers a raise. 加上其它51 个城镇却行动起来,给他们的工人加薪。 It's why the very first bill I signed was the...

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