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L&I fight: Labor says Philly has been too easy on ‘underground’ employers who build without permits

A lawsuit by one Licensing & Inspections supervisor against two others, and the collapse of the city's "Underground Economy Task Force," exposes tensions in Mayor Jim Kenney's administration between pro-growth and pro-labor forces.

John Dougherty (right), business manager of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, at a Jan. 30 rally to support workers at a closed-down oil refinery.
John Dougherty (right), business manager of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, at a Jan. 30 rally to support workers at a closed-down oil refinery.Read moreMichael Bryant / File Photograph
    by Joseph N. DiStefano | Columnist
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