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Correction: World Bank-Food Workers story

Apr 13, 2023, 9:21 PM | Updated: Apr 17, 2023, 2:08 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published April 14, 2023, about World Bank Group food service workers, The Associated Press erroneously reported a food service worker had gotten just one 50-cent wage increase in the past nearly 10 years. The story should have said the worker has never received a wage increase of more than 50 cents.

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