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Summer Lee: “Republicans would rather a country where workers continue to…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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Summer Lee Blasts GOP For 'Wasting Time' On Holding Hearings About Unions Rather Than Corporations

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

This hearing is just another opportunity for Republicans who go after and to make their case for why unions should not exist. They Republicans would rather a country where workers continue to be subjugated by the top 1%. than one where workers are able to collectively bargain for benefits for workplace safety and fair pay. (00:36–00:50)

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Asserts that Republicans prefer a system where workers are dominated by the wealthy elite.

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