"I don't think you have to make this choice about being on one side or the other side. My feeling is that when we are committed to growing the economy and making sure that our public employees have a place at the table through collective bargaining, everyone wins."
"No organization is going to be successful unless it places a high value on its employees and engages them in the work that it's doing."
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