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Elizabeth Furse: My goodness, how quickly some people forget our history, but we Democrats do not forget. We remember that less than 100…

On the recordMarch 26, 1998
My goodness, how quickly some people forget our history, but we Democrats do not forget. We remember that less than 100 years ago in Centralia, Washington three woodworkers were hanged because they tried to organize the timber industry. But other courageous workers were not intimidated. They went ahead and they organized the mills and the woods. That is our history, too. We have a right in this country to organize. We must not be naive. This bill is anti-labor, it is anti- organizing, it is anti-union. Vote no.
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Elizabeth Furse
Oregon

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Opposing a bill perceived as anti-labor during a floor debate.

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