On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
I would make the case... that manufacturing, while productivity has gone up immensely in the last many years in manufacturing, wages have not kept pace with that productivity.
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Senator Brown highlights the disconnect between rising productivity and stagnant wages in manufacturing.
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