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Orange County Living Wage is hosting a “Labor Day Concert for Living Wages” on Monday, September 4, from 2-6 p.m. at Steel String Brewery’s Pluck Farm on West 54 near Saxapahaw, with music from Blue Cactus, Mellow Swells, and the East Chapel Hill High School jazz band. The concert is free, but donations will be accepted and a portion of sales will benefit Orange County Living Wage.

Aaron spoke with OCLW board chair Debbie Everly and Mark Marcoplos of Marcoplos Construction, which became the first certified “living-wage business” in Orange County when OCLW launched in 2015.

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