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Pittsburgh councilman calls UPMC's wages 'national disgrace'

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Maria Montano

Taking square aim at Pittsburgh’s large healthcare and education nonprofits, City Councilman Ricky Burgess drew comparisons to plantations, sharecroppers and “slave wages” Tuesday when he delivered the report of his Wage Review Committee to his colleagues.
 
Pittsburgh councilman calls UPMC’s wages ‘national disgrace’

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