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AFL-CIO President: Wisconsin 'The Fight of Our Lives'

If Gov. Walker defeats the public union, AFL-CIO president Richard L. Trumka predicts disastrous results for American workers. Trumka talks to Eve Conant about the price of union-busting.

Eve Conant
Eve Conant
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Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president, spoke in Wisconsin on Feb. 18. (Photo: Mark Hirsch / Getty Images)
Eve Conant

Eve Conant

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