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Mass. Sen. Joan Lovely, D-Salem, left, shakes hands with Alejandra Duarte after the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was signed into law at the Statehouse, Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Boston. Duarte testified before the legislature during April that she was forced to work longer hours with an increased workload after disclosing to her former employer that she was pregnant and wanted a lighter workload, while working at a Worcester laundry. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A team of workers from the youth group at Asbury United Methodist Church work on scraping the side of a garage on Milwaukee's north side so it can be painted, on June 27, 2017. Other mission work in the city included scraping and painting the trim of a nearby house and landscaping. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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Union members listen as Herman Marshman gives the president's report during an IBEW Local 272 meeting Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Midland, Pa. Marshman ran for president of the International Brothers of Electrical Workers Local 272, with no union leadership experience. (Rebecca Droke/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Election judges sort ballots as members of the IBEW Local 272 vote for executive board members Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Midland, Pa. Herman Marshman ran for president of the International Brothers of Electrical Workers Local 272, with no union leadership experience. (Rebecca Droke/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Incoming union president Vic Roppa stands up to answer a question by outgoing union president Herman Marshman during a monthly IBEW Local 272 meeting Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Knights of Columbus in Midland, Pa. After a dozen years leading the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 272 at FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant, Marshman found himself in a fight not just with the company but with members who didn't want to lose more than they already had. (Rebecca Droke /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Herman Marshman stands outside the First Energy Bruce Mansfield coal fired power plant Friday, July 7, 2017, in Shippingport, Pa. Marshman ran for president of the International Brothers of Electrical Workers Local 272, with no union leadership experience. (Rebecca Droke/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken on April 29, 2014, shoes belonging to one of the three workers injured after an explosion at the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant. The fire killed a 60-year-old worker and injured another two workers. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken April 29, 2014, Bryan Texas firefighters stand outside the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant following an explosion and fire. Earle Robinson, 60, and other employees were doing maintenance work at Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant, about 100 miles north of Houston, when there was a loud explosion. Workers called 911 and pleaded for help. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken April 29, 2014, Bryan Texas firefighters stand outside the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant following an explosion and fire. Earle Robinson, 60, and other employees were doing maintenance work at Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant, about 100 miles north of Houston, when there was a loud explosion. Workers called 911 and pleaded for help. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken April 29, 2014, Bryan Texas firefighters stand outside the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant following an explosion and fire. Earle Robinson, 60, and other employees were doing maintenance work at Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant, about 100 miles north of Houston, when there was a loud explosion. Workers called 911 and pleaded for help. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken April 29, 2014, Bryan Texas firefighters transport injured worker in a stretcher to the ambulance. An explosion at the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant left a 60-year-old employee dead and two injured. Earle Robinson, 60, and other employees were doing maintenance work at Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant, about 100 miles north of Houston, when there was a loud explosion. Workers called 911 and pleaded for help. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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Philadelphia Union's C.J. Sapong, left, kicks the ball as Columbus Crew's Hector Jimenez, center, and Union's Haris Medunjanin look on during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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This June 27, 2017 photo shows an oil rig at sunset in Midland, Texas. In the first six months of this year, more than 1,000 people working or applying for jobs in the oil-producing business failed urine-based drug tests, double the pace of failures last year, according to Houston-based DISA Global Solutions, the largest provider of drug-testing policies to U.S. oil producers (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare, Monday, July 24, 2017, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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This Wednesday, July 19, 2017, photo shows an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Miami. On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, Amazon said that it’s looking to fill more than 50,000 positions across its U.S. fulfillment network. It’s planning to make thousands of job offers on the spot during its first Jobs Day on Aug. 2, where potential employees will have a chance to see what it’s like to work at Amazon by visiting one of 10 participating fulfillment centers. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans said their last resort would be to ditch Obamacare's unpopular mandate requiring individuals to hold insurance, its rule requiring large employers to provide coverage and its tax on medical device sales. (Associated Press/File)
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This undated Clark County Detention Center booking photo shows Clinton Wayne Warrington of Henderson, Nev. He was being held Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at the Clark County jail in Las Vegas on terrorism, bomb threat and explosives charges after Las Vegas police say he posted internet video appearing to threaten auto shop businesses owned by his former employer. Warrington has pleaded not guilty and is due in court Aug. 7, 2017. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)
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FILE - This Oct. 24, 2016 file photo shows the George Washington Bridge, seen from Fort Lee, N.J. A federal judge has ruled New Jersey can’t be sued for the actions of some of its employees in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
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FILE - In this March 4, 2017, file photograph, auto workers and others march to Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, following a pro-union rally. A bid by workers at Mississippi's Nissan Motor Co. plant for United Auto Workers representation could turn on a key voting bloc: the 1,500 Nissan employees who were initially hired through contract labor agencies. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE - In this April 6, 2016, file photograph, vehicles are suspended above other installation stations as they are moved along the assembly line at the Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton, Miss. A bid by workers at Mississippi's Nissan Motor Co. plant for United Auto Workers representation could turn on a key voting bloc: the 1,500 Nissan employees who were initially hired through contract labor agencies. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
