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Frederica Wilson: “I was a union member and benefited from my father being a union member and helping to organize steel unions or steel…”

On the recordJune 25, 2019
I was a union member and benefited from my father being a union member and helping to organize steel unions or steel mills in Chicago.
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Frederica Wilson
Democratic · Florida

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Sharing personal experience to support the value of unions.

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