Labor

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FILE - General Motors Orion Assembly Plant's wastewater treatment facilities are shown in this Nov. 29, 2005 file photo. Michigan is fourth in the nation in the share of its workforce associated with industries that develop freshwater technology and services or are highly dependent on plentiful and clean water, according to a report released Thursday May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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The Calexico Price Center in Calexico, Calif., is facing fire after an employee flew an American flag upside down right alongside a Mexican flag outside their building. (Ernesto Mariscal via Facebook)

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The Calexico Price Center in Calexico, Calif., is facing fire after an employee flew an American flag upside down right alongside a Mexican flag outside their building. (Ernesto Mariscal via Facebook)

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Glenn Davis marches with about 100 other protesters and fast food workers demanding a wage increase during a demonstration in front of a McDonalds restaurant in Philadelphia on Thursday morning May 15, 2014. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Alejandro A. Alvarez) (Associated Press)

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The president kicked off this election year by vowing to use his presidential "phone and pen" more often, taking executive action to create policies when congressional Republicans are blocking his agenda. Through the first five months of this year, Mr. Obama has taken more than 20 such actions, such as raising the minimum wage for federal contractors and designating a vast national monument in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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FILE - This May 13, 2014 file photo shows California Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question about his revised 2014-15 state budget that he unveiled at the Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting a new concern that their health care costs will rise as a result of the federal health care law. That’s likely to revive the debate about how decisions by the federal government can saddle states with unanticipated costs. (AP Photo, File)

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FILE - In this March 31, 2014 file photo, SEIU-UHW worker Kathy Santana, left , assists Ruben Torres, 27, during a health care enrollment event at SEIU-UHW office in Commerce, Calif. The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

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FILE - In this March 31, 2014 file photo, navigator John Jones explains the many options to a client seeking help buying health insurance at the Family Guidance Center in Springfield, Ill. The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)