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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2006 file photo, Cylette Senatus, center, assembles a zipper on an athletic jacket, alongside dozens of other skilled seamstresses, at the AG Textile factory, in Port au Prince. Haiti raised slightly its minimum wage for the estimated 29,000 workers who sew together T-shirts and other clothing in the country's apparel factories. President Michel Martelly, his prime minister and a Cabinet member who oversees labor conditions signed the 12.5 percent increase into law. It took effect Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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In this April 15, 2014 photo, East High School senior Sandy Ocon, 17, cuts carrots and celery for soup at Hoffman House in Rockford, Ill. Ocon is one of eight juniors and seniors from across the district who have spent much of the year learning their way around the kitchen at Hoffman House. When they complete the program, students have a year of culinary education that often leads to employment at area restaurants, bakeries and grocery stores. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this Thursday, May 1, 2014 photo, Website designer Dorry Clay, works on her laptop at her home in Stonington, Conn. Clay, who has battled cancer and the effects of the recession, is urging Connecticut lawmakers to enact legislation establishing a state-run pension plan accessible to most workers. Lawmakers in Connecticut and other states are responding to a widespread loss of private-sector pensions, a lack of access to employer-sponsored retirement accounts in smaller businesses and stagnant incomes that make it hard for workers to contribute to their own retirement plan or company account. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
