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Scranton, Pennsylvania
Grappling with $3.4 million in vendor bills and a $16.8 million budget deficit the city couldn't afford to pay, the mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was forced to cut the salaries of all 400 city workers — including firefighters, police officers and the mayor himself — to the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour as a means to keep the near-bankrupt city afloat. A court had previously forbid Mayor Chris Doherty, above, to cut city worker salaries, and in response labor unions representing those workers are suing both Doherty and the city.
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