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China - Us Labor NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the efforts being made by usually pro-labor House members, such as Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), to arrange a compromise that would enable them to vote for permanent trade status for China. Organized labor is vehemently opposed to granting such status. Two-thirds of the Democrats in the House are planning to vote against it, but the question remains whether there will be any retribution for those who cross labor on this issue.

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NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the efforts being made by usually pro-labor House members, such as Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), to arrange a compromise that would enable them to vote for permanent trade status for China. Organized labor is vehemently opposed to granting such status. Two-thirds of the Democrats in the House are planning to vote against it, but the question remains whether there will be any retribution for those who cross labor on this issue.