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Mark Pocan: “More and more workers in a wide variety of industries are…”

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

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When you think of a union worker, you might first have in mind someone in a hard hat, because I think that's the traditional view of what people have, of what the labor movement is. But what you may not realize is More and more workers in a wide variety of industries are taking advantage of the near record level public support for unions. even in industries you might not traditionally have thought of like coffee. As the co chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus and a three decade long member of the International … (02:10–02:19)

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Asserts that there is near-record public support for unions, leading to increased unionization across various industries.

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