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Building Trades Leader: Any Politician Who Doesn’t Back the PRO Act Shouldn’t Get Labor’s Support
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A conversation with Jimmy Williams, the progressive new president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/community/page/3/)
A conversation with Jimmy Williams, the progressive new president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
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“As a business owner I can make this (minimum-wage increase) work,” Peterson said of his response at the time. “This can be done. You can have a successful business and pay your people well and still make a profit.”