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John Rice Carter: “Eighty-seven percent of all the U.S. construction workforce is nonunion, and I would argue that it is probably more than…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
Eighty-seven percent of all the U.S. construction workforce is nonunion, and I would argue that it is probably more than that in Texas.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

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Carter highlights the predominance of nonunion workers in the construction industry in Texas.

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