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Adriano Espaillat: “Part of the majority's agenda will focus on weakening private-sector unions, which only make up 7 percent of the…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2017
Part of the majority's agenda will focus on weakening private-sector unions, which only make up 7 percent of the workforce.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat criticizes the majority's intent to weaken unions representing a small workforce percentage.

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