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John Sarbanes: That's right. The union agreed to this as part of the consent. But the consent decree says the union defendants consent…

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
That's right. The union agreed to this as part of the consent. But the consent decree says the union defendants consent to the election officer, at Government expense, to supervise the 1996 IBT elections. You are coming along and saying we want to keep the election officer--let me put this question to the Senator. Does the Senator want the Teamsters to be able now to go ahead and have a private union election without supervision, without an election officer?
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the supervision of the 1996 IBT elections during a debate.

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