REPUBLICANS SPEAK AGAINST OPEN VOTES ON UNIONS IN WASHINGTON
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT, speaks out against a bill that would do away with secret ballots for union membership on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 20, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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