Labor

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A Union City Police walks inside a police barrier on 20th Street in Union City, N.J., after attention was brought to a home believed to be inhabited by possible family members of the suspect in the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Union City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Luis Morales laughs as Salvador Damazo crashes into him, while pushing him, down a hill at the West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex in Jackson, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (C.B. Schmelter/The Jackson Sun via AP)

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Morgan Thrasher, a graduate of CLIMB Wyoming's HVAC program, pauses during work on Dec. 15. 2016. Thrasher was hired by Laramie Mechanical after graduating from the program. (Shannon Broderick /Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)

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Rep. Tom Price, nominated to head the Health and Human Services Department, is the first target of Senate Democrats, who are demanding more information about his stock trades in health care. (Associated Press)

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Democratic state Rep. Rocky Adkins greets union workers outside of the state House chamber on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. House Republicans were scheduled to pass several bills targeting labor unions on the third day of the legislative session. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

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President Barack Obama leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, about his signature health care law with members of Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The Old Soviet Union Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Health workers wearing protective gear wait to carry the body of a person suspected to have died from Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, on Oct. 13, 2014. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this March 10, 2016 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a rally for paid family leave in New York. The year 2016 saw New York raise the minimum wage and extend paid family leave while state officials confronted yet another corruption scandal. Lawmakers also voted to regulate daily fantasy sports, legalize mixed martial arts and repeal a particularly unpopular tax. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2016 file photo, Conor McGregor holds up his title belts after he defeated Eddie Alvarez during a lightweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 205, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The year 2016 saw New York raise the minimum wage and extend paid family leave while state officials confronted yet another corruption scandal. Lawmakers also voted to regulate daily fantasy sports, legalize mixed martial arts and repeal a particularly unpopular tax. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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FILE - In this March 15, 2016 file photo, the state Capitol provides a backdrop as supporters of a $15 minimum wage rally at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, N.Y. The year 2016 saw New York raise the minimum wage and extend paid family leave while state officials confronted yet another corruption scandal. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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Curtis Evermore poses for a photo Longview, Wash. Everman, 59, has developmental disabilities and gets help finding employment from Life Works, a Longview-based social services organization that supports people with mental and physical disabilities. (Bill Wagner/The Daily News via AP)

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Devastating regulations and market shifts to more economical energy sources have reduced the number of coal miners in the U.S. to about 54,000, according to the latest Labor Department figures. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this July 22, 2015 file photo, supporters of a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers rally in front of a McDonald's in Albany, N.Y. Millions of workers across the U.S. will see their pay increase as 19 states bump up their minimum wages as the new year begins. California, New York and Arizona are among the states with increases taking effect Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 or Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. New York state is taking a regional approach, with the wage rising to $11 in New York City, $10 in its suburbs and $9.70 upstate. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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FILE- In this April 4, 2016 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs a law that will gradually raise New York's minimum wage to $15, at the Javits Convention Center, in New York. New York joins 18 other states by raising its minimum wage in 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool, File)

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Eric C. Conn used these law offices in Stanville, Kentucky, to commit one of the biggest Social Security disability fraud cases in U.S. history. (Associated Press/File)

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The Death of the Soviet Union Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, Auguste Augustin, a "bayakou", or human waste cleaner, and his crew, haul away sacks of human waste, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Some of the bayakou, who are nocturnal workers, are hired by sanitation companies. But most are independent operators who empty into drainage canals in violation of the law, creating ideal conditions for the spread of cholera and other diseases. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)