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Bernie Sanders: “We got to pass the PRO act to make it easier for workers to…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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And when we talk about the progressive agenda, you and I know that workers in unions are able to negotiate decent wages, decent benefits, decent working conditions in a far stronger way than non union workers are able to do. That's why We got to pass the PRO act to make it easier for workers to join unions. There's a lot of else, a lot of other stuff that's out there right now. We have a president who thinks that climate change is a hoax. (16:24–16:32)

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Asserts the need to pass the PRO Act to facilitate union membership.

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