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Across the street from the United States Capitol, people holding a banner are silhouetted by the sun as they join others from organizations from across the United States such as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) at Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, for an Interfaith Service for the Jobless, with unemployed workers and faith leaders. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. employees answer questions and hand out job applications during a job fair on the Springfield campus of the University of Illinois on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2001, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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A protest march organized by the Service Employees International Union winds through downtown on 14th St. NW in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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A protest march of members of the Service Employees International Union fills the intersection of 16th St. NW and K st. NW in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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A protest march organized by the Service Employees International Union winds through downtown on to I St. NW on the way to join an Occupy DC protest on K St. NW in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of doctors from public medical facilities march through Nairobi on Wednesday. The starting wage for doctors in Kenya is about $400 a month. In contrast, members of parliament make about $11,000 a month. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Dec. 1, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a meeting with employees at Nationwide Insurance in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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A July 2010 check for J-1 visa worker Kateryna Totskaya shows zero pay for the pay period. Middlemen commonly dock students' pay so heavily for lodging, transportation and other necessities that the wages work out to $1 an hour or less. (Associated Press)
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Sanju Catalano, left, a recruiter with 3M Communications speaks with job seeker Darrin Baker about his resume during a career expo in Las Colinas, Texas, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Economists forecast that employers added a net 125,000 jobs in November, an improvement from October's gain of 80,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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"Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson has one union calling for his job after the BBC personality said Wednesday that striking public-sector workers should be shot. (Associated Press)
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Boeing employees work in the 787 Dreamliner aft-body assembly building in June in Charleston, S.C. It's not immediately clear how a National Labor Relations Board dispute involving the South Carolina plant will be affected by aerospace giant Boeing reaching a tentative labor contract with the Machinists union this week. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon on Wednesday called a tentative collective-bargaining pact between aerospace giant Boeing and the Machinists union "a very significant and hopeful development." (Associated Press)
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"It's very clear to me that we're seeing the rights of employers and employees under attack," said Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says a Republican president "could absolutely gut the vast majority" of the health care law by executive order. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** An Amazon.com employee grabs boxes to load onto a truck at the company's Fernley, Nev., warehouse. (Associated Press)
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Larisa Haworth (second from right) and Sue Rolny (right) talk Nov. 10, 2011, with a perspective employer in Independence, Ohio. (Associated Press)
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Advocates of raising the age for tobacco purchases point to a federal survey showing that more than 80 percent of adult smokers had their first cigarette before age 18 and almost 95 said they started smoking before age 21. (Associated Press/File)
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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing discusses the city's financial woes on Wednesday. Mr. Bing urged municipal unions to accept wage cuts and Michigan leaders to pay the city millions stemming from a decade-old tax agreement, saying Detroit needs the money to avoid a takeover. (Associated Press)
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"We could use that. There are low wages, but I live in Southeast and sometimes you have to start at the bottom and work to the top. And it will offer jobs." Tony Britt, 45, Southeast, unemployed for two weeks
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"I do know it's important to people to have fresh produce at reasonable prices, but it's not enough to have workers that need health benefits. I'm hoping the D.C. government is willing to work to get Wal-mart to do the right thing." Andrea Walling, 67, Arlington, retired
