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Casino Workers, Wawa Day – Thursday’s Roundup

By Bill Sprouse | April 11, 2019

Local 54 head Bob McDevitt went before the Casino Control Commission yesterday to talk about the hedge funds and private equity funds that have been buying up big stakes in casino companies, and every other company in god’s green America for that matter, and the threat they pose to local wage-earners.

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