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Lou Lang's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Labor Unions

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With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

100%
2018
100%
2018
90%
2018
90%
2018
98%
2016-2017
98%
2016-2017
89%
2016-2017
89%
2016-2017
74%
2015
74%
2015
88%
2015
88%
2015
97%
2014
97%
2014
89%
2014
89%
2014
75%
2013
75%
2013
88%
2013
88%
2013
89%
2012
89%
2012
47%
2012
47%
2012
92%
2011
92%
2011
65%
2011
65%
2011
97%
2010
97%
2010
95%
2009
95%
2009
97%
2009
97%
2009
100
2007
100
2007
95%
2005
95%
2005
100%
2004
100%
2004
100%
2003
100%
2003
100%
2001
100%
2001
95%
1999
95%
1999
100%
1997
100%
1997
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