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Tom Harkin: “There are four officially unemployed workers for every single job opening.”

On the recordDecember 7, 2011
There are four officially unemployed workers for every single job opening.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Senator Harkin emphasized the severe job market imbalance.

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