Labor Secretary Nominee: Those Dang Worker Breaks!

Click here for an article at Mother Jones, by Tom Philpott, entitled "Trump's Pick for Labor Secretary Doesn't Think Workers Should Get Breaks."

Here's an excerpt from a 2009 interview with Andrew Pudzer, Trump's nomination for Labor Secretary, on the subject of breaks for workers:

"Have you ever been to a fast food restaurant and the employees are sitting and you're wondering, 'Why are they sitting?'" Puzder asked. "They are on what is called a mandatory break [emphasis his]." He shared a laugh with the interviewer, saying the so-called nanny state is why Carl's Jr. doesn't open up any new restaurants in California anymore.

Pudzer is CEO of CKE Restaurants, parent company of fast-food chains Hardee's and Carl's Jr.

Philpott found the transcript of the interview in the archives of Cal State Fullerton's Center for Oral and Public History; it's not available online.