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This morning my husband got up at 5:00 a.m. to work outside in 7 degree F temperatures. He sat on the end of the couch, head in his hands sipping his coffee telling me how much he hates his job. How much it’s wearing him out. He makes $29.00 dollars an hour. Roughly $60,000 a year. He’s a union electrician. His health care premiums come out of his pay check; it is NOT subsidized by his “company.” His disability comes out of his pay check. It is NOT subsidized by his company.

Harrisburg, PA – Over 80 concerned community members, faith leaders, union representatives, and social service providers gathered at the State Capitol Building today to counter the heated rhetoric that enters much of the current debate about immigration in Pennsylvania.