Need To Know | Union Salaries and State Budgets | PBS
Duration: 07:30
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Need to Know #144
Broadcast Date: Mar. 11, 2011
Governors from across the country -- not just in Wisconsin -- say that public union workers' salaries and benefits are wreaking havoc with their state budgets. But are state workers really to blame for the economic plight of states? Need to Know examines the facts behind one of the most contentious arguments in the news today.
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