Labor

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Assemblyman Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, a sponsor to raise the state's minimum wage, works in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Minimum wage proposals are getting a maximum push from Democrats in statehouses around the nation this year. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)