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Arkansas AFL-CIO Decades-Old Contract With State Ends

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Arkansas AFL-CIO

A long-running contract between the Arkansas AFL-CIO and the state Department of Workforce Services to assist dislocated workers officially expires on Sunday. The department is taking the work in-house and projecting it will save $100,000 annually. Arkansas AFL-CIO President Alan Hughes doesn’t doubt the state will be capable of continuing the work but said the contract loss has some political underpinnings.

KUAR's Jacob Kauffman spoke with Hughes about the contract and role of organized labor in Republican Arkansas.

Jacob Kauffman is a former news anchor and reporter for KUAR.
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