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Marco Rubio: “The public employees is a completely different creature that…”

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 35:51

The only challenge here, of course, is that these are also bargaining unions. Right. And I also separate the private sector unions from the public employee unions. The public employees is a completely different creature that we're talking about here, teacher unions and the like. I'm talking about truck drivers, talking about teamsters, I'm talking about people working in factories. You know, I'm talking about plumbers, electricians and pipe fitters. I think there's a. (35:51–35:56)

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Asserts that public employee unions, like teacher unions, are distinct from private sector unions.

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