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Mark Pocan: “It would allow states to ban unions so they could go after…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 42:10

And it cracks down on unions. And let me go a little more into that. It actually would do what Scott Walker did by banning public employee unions. It would do that federally. It would allow states to ban unions so they could go after that. It would grant employers the ability to retaliate against, against union organizers, which is illegal under current federal law. It allows bosses to eliminate contracts midterm. (42:10–42:16)

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