We have allowed a system to take root that treats American workers as a commodity, a cost to be minimized--instead of the engine behind all our businesses' success.
Elizabeth Warren: “We have allowed a system to take root that treats American workers as a commodity, a cost to be minimized--instead of…”
On the recordMarch 3, 2021
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Warren criticizes the treatment of workers in the economy.
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