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For the last half-century, the GOP platform has been to destroy labor, not save it. Now comes conservative Oren Cass, who advised Sen. Mitt Romneyā€™s presidential campaigns and has caught the attention of many conservatives as he raises the question of whether a new vision for unions could be embraced by both the left and right. CQ Roll Callā€™s Jim Saksa talks with Cass, now the executive director of American Compass, and explores how unions could be reinvented.

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Oren Cass is chief economist at American Compass.
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