Labor flexes political muscle as Election Day approaches

Who’s Running This Place | Oct 8

Transit workers union president John Samuelsen explains why he believes New York's top Democrat, Gov. Kathy Hochul, is no friend of the working class. WNYC senior politics reporter Brigid Bergin examines what the clash says about the Democratic Party's relationship with organized labor, along with WNYC/Gothamist reporters Clayton Guse, Jimmy Vielkind and Elizabeth Kim.

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