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Low-wage workers score win with bump in funding to enforce labor laws

The increase was small, but it will allow the Office of Labor Enforcement to hire two more staffers, bringing its total staff to five.

Representatives from 10 groups -- including One Pennsylvania, UNITE HERE, Restaurant Opportunities Center, and Make the Road -- lobbied City Council for more money for the labor enforcement office.
Representatives from 10 groups -- including One Pennsylvania, UNITE HERE, Restaurant Opportunities Center, and Make the Road -- lobbied City Council for more money for the labor enforcement office.Read moreJuliana Feliciano Reyes