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Gary Peters: “With declining unionization, declining union investment in training, somebody has to pick up the slack.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
With declining unionization, declining union investment in training, somebody has to pick up the slack.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Peters expresses concern over the decline in union training and the need for alternatives.

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