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John Conyers: “From 559,000 to 314,000, and that is just one of the automobile corporations; they are all contracting. And most of the…”

On the recordApril 30, 2002
From 559,000 to 314,000, and that is just one of the automobile corporations; they are all contracting. And most of the Fortune 500 companies are contracting their workforce. So how do we end up thinking that this is very important because this does not protect American workers? Why are we here?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing workforce contraction among automobile corporations and Fortune 500 companies.

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