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class. but it also makes sense that democrats really like unions because union and the policy goals for the democratic party have bumped into each other more than once in the last century. for almost all democratic party accomplishments, all the things democrats now brag about, unions have been crucial, if not essential if there s a difference between those two things. president obama acknowledged as much at a labor day picnic almost two years ago. much of what we take for granted, 40-hour work week, minimum wage, health insurance, paid leave, pensions, social security, medicare, they all bear the union label, it was labor that helped build the largest middle class in history. even if you are not a union member, every american owes something to america s labor movement. few have fought longer and harder than you, our brothers and sisters of organized labor. in good economic times and in

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