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Robert Reich: If Donald Trump was really serious about good jobs in America, about strengthening workers' rights, about improving…

On the recordJanuary 22, 2017
If Donald Trump was really serious about good jobs in America, about strengthening workers' rights, about improving America's wages, he would come out slugging in favor of labor unions.
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Robert Reich

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Robert Reich argues that Trump's policies are not aligned with the interests of American workers.

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