George H.W. Bush: “I think labor should do what's legal, and I think management should do…”

On the recordApril 10, 1992

I think labor should do what's legal, and I think management should do what people think are legal here--what is legal, not what they think is legal but what is legal. And I just feel that free collective bargaining under the law is the proper approach, not intervention by the Federal Government the minute a strike takes place. I don't think it's good for labor, and I don't think it's good for business. Congressional Investigation of White House Expenses

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George H.W. Bush

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