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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The majority can entitle this hearing the right to choose and protecting union workers, but this majority will never be…

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
The majority can entitle this hearing the right to choose and protecting union workers, but this majority will never be regarded as a champion, much less a protector, of workers in the long struggle for collective bargaining rights.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton criticizes the majority for failing to protect workers' rights.

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