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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “So I don't understand how a collective bargaining contract can work at all if there's no official time in order to…”

On the recordMay 15, 2018
So I don't understand how a collective bargaining contract can work at all if there's no official time in order to attend to--so somebody needs somebody to handle their particular grievance.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the feasibility of collective bargaining without official time.

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