Barack Obama: “We owe all workers action. We owe them accountability. We owe them…”

On the recordApril 26, 2010

We owe all workers action. We owe them accountability. We owe them assurance that, when they go to work every day, they are not alone.

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Emphasizing the government's responsibility for worker safety after a mining disaster.

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