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Mark Takano: “The pretty packaging of this legislation as so-called 'flexibility' for working families should fool no one.”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
The pretty packaging of this legislation as so-called 'flexibility' for working families should fool no one.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Denouncing legislation that he believes deceives workers regarding their rights.

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