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On the recordJune 4, 2012
I think he can certainly give voice to a lot of the restlessness and resentments and that sort of thing that are stirring against some of the excesses in labor unions, but what I hope he does not do is declare war on public employee unions. I think that would be a terrible mistake.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the need for Mitt Romney to address concerns about labor unions without escalating conflict.

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