Most countries have ratified eight core conventions. Sadly, the United States has only ratified two.
Chuck Schumer: “Most countries have ratified eight core conventions. Sadly, the United States has only ratified two.”
On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
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Schumer highlights the U.S.'s poor record on ratifying labor conventions.
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