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Cass Ballenger: “They can go to court on their own or they could go to the Secretary of Labor, who is not a friend of business, and he…”

On the recordJuly 26, 1996
They can go to court on their own or they could go to the Secretary of Labor, who is not a friend of business, and he will do it for them to enforce that law.
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Cass Ballenger
North Carolina

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Discussing enforcement of labor laws and the role of the Secretary of Labor.

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