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Fri Feb 1, 2013, 02:07 PM Feb 2013

Papantonio: Privatization Killing American Labor Movement

Recently, bus drivers in New York took to the streets to protest a plan by officials to privatize school buses. This idea of privatization is popping up all over the country, as Republican-controlled legislatures and governors want to strip state employees of every union protection that they’ve earned over the years. Mike Papantonio discusses the recent strike and the push for privatization with Larry Hanley, the president of the Amalgamated transit union.

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