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Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is greeted by workers outside a whirlpool home appliance factory in Amiens, France, Wednesday April 26, 2017. While her centrist presidential opponent Macron was meeting with union leaders from the Whirlpool plant in northern France, Le Pen popped up outside the factory itself, amid its workers and declared herself the candidate of France's workers.(AP Photo)
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FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert who is is serving a 15-month prison term in a sexual abuse case departs the federal courthouse in Chicago. State officials are poised to consider the status of the pension Hastert receives for the time he served in the Illinois General Assembly Wednesday April 27, 2017 in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois General Assembly Retirement System's board of trustees are scheduled to consider Hastert's $28,000 annual pension. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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In this March 2, 2017, photo, Kathy LeCompte, owner of Brooks Tree Farm, shows an I-9 form of Employment Eligibility Verification at her farm near Salem, Ore. Her employees, most of them Latinos, must fill out the form. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in America illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, protesters participate in a rally on Chicago's south side as labor organizers escalate their campaign raise the minimum wage for employees to $15 an hour. Amid a national push by unions and worker advocates for a $15 minimum wage, Illinois Democrats hope to pass an ambitious hike during the spring legislative session, despite a warning from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner that he opposes an increase of any kind. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, protesters participate in a rally on Chicago's south side as labor organizers escalate their campaign raise the minimum wage for employees to $15 an hour. Amid a national push by unions and worker advocates for a $15 minimum wage, Illinois Democrats hope to pass an ambitious hike during the spring legislative session, despite a warning from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner that he opposes an increase of any kind. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 photo, Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President at The Fortune Society, poses for a picture in New York. At the Fortune Society, the mission is proving the critics wrong by training former state prison and jail inmates on how to land and keep jobs. Part of the focus is on winning the trust of employers who risk hiring criminals trying to go straight, said Richards, an ex-con. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 photo, Neftali Thomas Diaz talks with employment specialist Frederick Muldrow at The Fortune Society in New York. Diaz swears he’s done with Rikers Island. After the second of two recent stints at the notorious New York City jail, the grand larceny convict entered a private jobs program. Once he’s back on his feet with a paycheck, Diaz said, “I know I’m not ever going back there, ever.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 photo, Neftali Thomas Diaz, left, talks with his case manager, David Rodriguez, at The Fortune Society in New York. New York City is betting that Diaz and other low-level offenders like him are right about the salvation in second-chance employment. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will spend $10 million a year on a “jails to jobs” initiative that will guarantee all Rikers inmates serving sentences of a year or less a chance at short-term employment once they do their time. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2007 file photo, Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly appears on the Fox News show, "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York. O'Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that several women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)
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Laura Kelly / The Washington Times D.C. Council member David Grosso meets with AmeriHealth Caritas D.C. employees and interns on Wednesday at the Wilson Building.
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Employees embrace at the scene of a stabbing at a gas station, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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A poster featuring Bill O'Reilly is displayed at the News Corp. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Bill O'Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Workers prepare signs, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, during a rally held by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The rally was held to urge lawmakers to including funding for new labor contracts in the budget currently being put together in the Legislature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks Wednesday, April 19, 2017, during a rally held by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The rally was held to urge lawmakers to including funding for new labor contracts in the budget currently being put together in the Legislature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A person dressed in a Godzilla costume wears a sign that reads "Don't stomp on state workers, fund the contracts," Wednesday, April 19, 2017, during a rally held by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The rally was held to urge lawmakers to including funding for new labor contracts in the budget currently being put together in the Legislature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York, March 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **
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In this April 14, 2017 photo, Holly Hyzinski, of Orefield, Pa., who is slated to work for Dorney Park's Wildwater Kingdom this summer in Allentown, Pa., poses with a shirt. Holly has been a part of The Center for Independent Living in the Lehigh Valley's employment camp for folks with disabilities. (Chris Shipley/The Morning Call via AP)
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In this April 14, 2017 photo, Holly Hyzinski, of Orefield, Pa., who is slated to work for Dorney Park's Wildwater Kingdom this summer in Allentown, Pa., poses next to some of her gear. Holly has been a part of The Center for Independent Living in the Lehigh Valley's employment camp for folks with disabilities. (Chris Shipley/The Morning Call via AP)
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A security guard looks out of the the News Corp. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Bill O'Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations. 21st Century Fox issued a statement Wednesday that "after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O'Reilly have agreed that Bill O'Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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People walk past posters featuring Bill O'Reilly as they enter the News Corp. headquarters in New York, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. O'Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations. 21st Century Fox issued a statement Wednesday that "after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O'Reilly have agreed that Bill O'Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
