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January 16, 2015

City panel OKs 'priority hire' bill

By JOURNAL STAFF

SEATTLE — A City Council committee on Thursday unanimously recommended a bill to help low-income people get construction jobs.

The “priority hire” legislation would support apprenticeship programs and require that a percentage of the work on city projects costing over $5 million go to people from economically distressed areas.


 
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