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Marco Rubio: “It almost seems like some of these labor bosses are prepared…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Future Secretary of State Marco Rubio on China & American Economic Policy

Published | Video Starts at 36:34

What we don't ever want to encourage, though, is adversarial relationships between employer and employee, which I think in many cases is what's happened in some of these industries. It almost seems like some of these labor bosses are prepared to kill the industry, even if it means their workers are left without a job. So we don't want to fall into that trap or that trick. But I honestly think that if we win over the workers and their members, the leadership of those unions will either change or be replaced. (36:34–36:42)

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Asserts that some labor leaders are willing to harm industries, risking job losses for workers.

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