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Chris Murphy: “I think it stands behind a lot of the attacks we have seen on labor unions, this idea that labor unions are speaking in…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
I think it stands behind a lot of the attacks we have seen on labor unions, this idea that labor unions are speaking in some radical way.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy critiques the perception of unions as radical in political discourse.

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