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Barack Obama: The bottom line is, as union membership has fallen, inequality has risen.

On the recordOctober 6, 2015
The bottom line is, as union membership has fallen, inequality has risen.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the White House Summit on Worker Voice

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