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Al Franken: “We've heard a number of claims that the Board's Browning-Ferris decision would be bad for small businesses, and, in…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2015
We've heard a number of claims that the Board's Browning-Ferris decision would be bad for small businesses, and, in fact, the title of today's hearing, 'Stealing the American Dream: The NLRB's Joint Employer Decision.' It's a pretty--it's a provocative title, I would say.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken comments on the provocative title of the hearing regarding the NLRB's decision.

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