Two years ago, the successful union drive at this plant was expected to spark victories throughout the South. But now, as members vote to make their contract official, momentum has fizzled.
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How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump’s war on DEI
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump’s efforts to erase DEI.
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Appeals court rules Trump can fire probationary federal workers once again
The decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals further clears the way for the Trump administration to re-fire, for now, thousands of probationary federal employees.
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Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees
President Trump’s new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government’s workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
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Amazon workers vote against unionizing a North Carolina warehouse
Workers voted against joining a grassroots union called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE
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How the Democrats lost their grip on Fall River
For a long time, the glue that held together the various constituencies of Fall River politics was the Democratic ward committee. The city’s nine ward committees were little outposts of the party with a presence in every neighborhood of Fall River. Each committee had up to 35 members elected from the surrounding neighborhood, many of […]
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Boeing’s striking machinists union will vote Monday on a new contract offer
Boeing’s machinists union leaders are endorsing the company’s latest contract offer, setting the stage for a vote on Monday that could end the seven-week strike.
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Dockworkers begin walking picket lines, risking to snarl East and Gulf Coast ports
Union dockworkers at ports across the U.S. began walking picket lines early Tuesday, threatening to halt the movement of billions of dollars’ worth of goods.
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Dockworkers are on the verge of a strike. Here’s what you need to know
Some 25,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports may strike as early as October 1 if their union doesn’t reach a contract deal with shipping companies and port operators.
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Boeing makes a ‘final offer’ to striking workers, but union says it’s not good enough
Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists, but the workers’ union said the proposal isn’t good enough and there won’t be a ratification vote before Boeing’s deadline.
