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Checking in with the labor movement

by Andrea Hsu , NPR labor and workplace correspondent

At this time last year, President Trump was courting America's workers, promising them a renaissance if they helped send him back to the White House. Now seven months into his second term, he says he's on track to keep that promise.

"Every policy of the Trump administration is designed to lift up the American worker, promote great-paying blue-collar jobs and to rebuild the industrial bedrock of our nation," Trump said at a meeting of his Cabinet last week.

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