Richard Rodriguez is a labor organizer who is Illinois state director for Service Workers United and national policy director for the One Fair Wage campaign.
Role at the time: Illinois state director, Service Workers United; national policy director, One Fair Wage
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Statement summary
Richard Rodriguez supported the bill as progress while arguing that Congress should first raise the minimum wage to $25.
“one step in a longer trail”
Open source (opens in a new tab)WTTW interviews on the proposed 32-hour workweekChallenger's original interview quotation; Rodriguez's final interview quotation; Aldebert's original interview quotation
Why we used this label
Richard Rodriguez argues for the 32-hour workweek bill. Rodriguez described the bill as progress while prioritizing a higher minimum wage.
Should Congress adopt Bernie Sanders’s 32-hour-workweek bills? H.R. 10323 and S. 5384 would change federal overtime rules for covered nonexempt workers. Sanders and Takano support them; David McIntosh predicts harm.
