Session #89 · 1965–67

Speech #890013857

We are not helping our relations with Mexico by continuing this form of human exploitation. So I wish to state in my speech tonight that I believe the whole United StatesMexican labor problem should be looked into in its broad perspective. I happen to believe that the Secretary of Labor should start Interesting himself as much In regard to this kind of exploitation of Mexican workers who. under the commuter visa system. are working for substandard wages in American factoriesto the everlasting discredit of the owners of those factories. some of them great corporations of America. some of which have moved from New England down to the border areas in order to take advantage of exploiting labor costs. I shall look to the Department of Labor in the months ahead to see what it is doing and try to help solve the problem. because if we solve this problem. we shall be doing much to improve United StatesMexican relations. Repeal of section 14b of the TaftHartley Act. which makes possible State righttowork laws. would also help this situation because many of these people commute into righttowork States and undermine union organizing and union standards.
Keywords matched
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Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
WAYNE MORSE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
OR
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
890013857
Paragraph
#4
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