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Maria Cantwell: “I think that is what these individual employees or small entrepreneurs want to see, is their ability to get the same…”

On the recordMay 17, 2016
I think that is what these individual employees or small entrepreneurs want to see, is their ability to get the same kind of leverage as somebody that works for a larger company.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Cantwell emphasizes the need for small businesses to have market leverage similar to larger companies.

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