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Tom Harkin: “I just hear a lot about this, about misclassification, and how workers are really, well, I will say it frankly, being…”

On the recordApril 1, 2014
I just hear a lot about this, about misclassification, and how workers are really, well, I will say it frankly, being cheated out of what they should be paid, because of misclassification. I encourage you to really pursue this.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the issue of employee misclassification affecting workers' pay.

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