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Matt Salmon: “I might point out that in the recent letter from the Teamsters where they said that the 40-hour work week as we know it…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
I might point out that in the recent letter from the Teamsters where they said that the 40-hour work week as we know it will be dead and gone--there are a lot of folks out there--I don't know that you would call it the sky is falling, but they are recognizing this thing for what it is. It is a job killer and a year doesn't buy us anything other than postponing the killing of those jobs.
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Matt Salmon
Arizona

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Salmon warns that Obamacare threatens the traditional work week and job security.

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