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Tim Walberg: “While workers' lives are improving, union membership rates have steadily plummeted, suggesting what Democrats refused to…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
While workers' lives are improving, union membership rates have steadily plummeted, suggesting what Democrats refused to acknowledge, that strong workers, strong union workers, as well, and not strong union bosses lead to economic prosperity.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Walberg argues that declining union membership indicates workers thrive without union bosses.

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