Labor
Tentative 4-year pact ends 3-day Long Island Rail Road strike
May 19, 2026Union leaders call agreement “fair” at nation’s busiest and largest commuter railroad.
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Unions step up criticism of Gov. Spanberger’s bargaining rights veto
May 18, 2026AFL-CIO emphasizes that 500,000 workers will suffer because of her action
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Virginia AFL-CIO: Spanberger’s veto is betrayal of working people
May 15, 2026The entire labor movement is angry about the governor going back on her promise to extend collective bargaining rights to public workers
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Ernest Poole’s ‘The Harbor’: A working-class classic that still matters
May 14, 2026"The Harbor" does for the ship and dock workers of New York what Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle" did for the immigrants working in the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
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Threat facing GM this month: Its cars won’t run without wheels
May 13, 2026Workers at American Axle authorize strike by 98 to 2 percent vote
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