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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Moulton Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa. Clinton is calling for the repeal of part of President Barack Obama's health care law, the so-called "Cadillac tax" on health insurance that's unpopular with large corporations and unions alike. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (CREDIT)
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TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger speaks at a news conference on security for the U.S. rail system at Union Station in Washington on Sept. 3, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro
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Office workers sit for hours on end, with health consequences in the mix. (AP Photo)
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In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, produce is placed on a Whole Foods paper bag in Andover, Mass. Grocery chain Whole Foods is cutting about 1,500 jobs, or 1.6 percent of its workforce, over the next eight weeks as it looks to lower prices and keep up with competition, the company announced Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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Protesters participate in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 25, 2015, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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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. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, Pope Francis greets nuns of the Little Sisters of the Poor order during a private meeting at their convent, in Washington. The Little Sisters of the Poor is a religious order that is suing the Obama administration over a requirement in the Affordable Care Act that employers provide health insurance that covers birth control. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
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A provision in the spending bill would let the Trump administration raise the cap from 66,000 foreign workers to more than 135,000. (Associated Press/File)
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In this Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, photo, health workers take a break at the Kenema Government Hospital, where more than 40 health workers died of Ebola, in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Union Interference in the Workplace Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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An employee works on a Passat sedan at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 31, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Tim Constantine reports on Rand Paul's reaction to the CNN debate and has details on employees from the Census Bureau behaving badly.
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Whataburger has apparently fired an employee who refused to serve two officers in uniform Tuesday night at a Lewisville, Texas, restaurant. (CBS DFW)
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Margaret Gingrich, a second-grade teacher at Montlake Elementary school, carries a picket sign as she and other members of the Seattle Education Association, the union that represents striking teachers from the Seattle School District, file into a meeting hall, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Seattle to discuss a tentative contract agreement that was reached with the district Tuesday morning, the fifth day of the strike. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Illustration on the need for union reform by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Police and emergency responders stand outside a McDonald's located inside Union Station in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, after a security guard shot a suspect who attacked a worker with a knife at the restaurant. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Illustration on the impact of unions on the bankruptcy of A&P by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen, in Portland, Ore. About 9.9 million people have signed up and paid for health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law, the administration said Sept. 8, 2015, a slight dip from a previous count but on track toward the administration's year-end goal of 9.1 million. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
