Labor

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WorkForce One staffer Rose Capote-Marcus helps client Pen Osuji as he works on job applications at the Hollywood, Fla., unemployment office on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

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"Won’t Back Down,” which opens Friday and stars Viola Davis (left) and Maggie Gyllenhaal, is seen by some as an attack on teachers unions and has been embraced by proponents of school choice. (20th Century Fox)

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**FILE** Workers frame a home on July 11, 2012, in Gilbert, Ariz., 20 miles outside Phoenix. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Employees work on the production line at the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in May 2010. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Chicago teachers and their supporters rallied as Mayor Rahm Emanuel sought a compromise. Though the union didn’t win everything it wanted, the battle has encouraged teachers unions to hold workshops and town halls in other cities. (Associated Press)

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Dwayne Hogue lost his job as a special police officer after having a gun in the District that he had a legal right to carry in Maryland. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, photo, WorkForce One staffer Rose Capote-Marcus works with a client, Pen Osuji as he works on job applications at the Hollywood, Fla. unemployment office. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 3,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 382,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

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D.C. City Council council member, Michael Brown, works during the first whole city council meeting after the summer recess. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington, DC. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)