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Workers Building Luxury Student Housing Owed Thousands in Back Wages

Jim and Nell march

Jim and Nell

Jim Hellen and Nell Neal were among dozens who marched to the office of the Cottages of Durham, chanting "Pay Your Workers Now."

DURHAM, NH--Seventy members of local religious and student groups, labor unions, and social justice organizations marched to the office of The Cottages of Durham on February 1 to call for the company to pay wages owed to construction workers on the luxury student housing project. 

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