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    "excerpt": "Several weeks ago, demolition began on the Labor Temple in Peoria, Illinois. The images are darkly poetic: a Caterpillar excavator tears down the AFL-CIO Labor Temple three decades after the company broke the back of its labor union once and for all. In the ensuing years, Caterpillar moved thousands of jobs away from the region and ultimately relocated its historic world headquarters to Texas. The demolition will make space to expand the nearby men\u2019s shelter. One can assume that the beds will be filled with people looking for work.",
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