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Tim Walberg: I would contend that there's also a rationale there that says that unions and the impact, the positive impact they've…

On the recordJune 13, 2017
I would contend that there's also a rationale there that says that unions and the impact, the positive impact they've had, may indeed have had an interesting impact of workers seeing them work themselves out of their job.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Walberg discusses the paradox of unions potentially leading to job losses despite their positive impacts.

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