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Higher wages for some high-hazard workers

Higher wages for some high-hazard workers

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Some workers at oil refineries and petrochemical factories can expect higher paychecks under a new law aimed at bolstering apprenticeship programs. 

The measure from Rep. Dan Bronoske, D-Lakewood, House Bill 1173, tweaks requirements that contractors doing work in refineries employ a certain percentage of registered apprentices and graduates of those programs.

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