Tag: Labor
Released for Syndication:
07/24/2026
Missouri’s Republican lawmakers did exactly what their corporate patrons demanded in 2017 and rammed through legislation intended to prevent working people from banding together to fight for better lives.
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Released for Syndication:
07/16/2026
Terry Stickles supported the successful union drive at JSW Steel in Mingo Junction, Ohio, in 2025, then went to the bargaining table eager to hammer out his first contract with the company and set a course for the future.
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Released for Syndication:
07/08/2026
Marcelo Assis recalled how his family arrived in the United States about 35 years ago, “poor as hell”—yet certain that America offered the path forward that they’d never find in their native Brazil or anywhere else.
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Released for Syndication:
06/05/2026
If we are to understand the conditions facing vulnerable children, we have to begin with a difficult truth: poverty remains the central force shaping their lives. It is not the only factor, but it is the most consistent one—structuring access to health, education, safety, and...
Released for Syndication:
05/14/2026
Nancy Duran Rodriguez took several pairs of work gloves to Mexico in 2025, intending to hand them out as a goodwill gesture to fellow union workers she met there.
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Released for Syndication:
04/29/2026
Al King and other United Steelworkers (USW) activists spent much of the past year piecing together support for about 600 union miners in Minnesota laid off by Cleveland-Cliffs.
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Released for Syndication:
04/09/2026
Dominick Sapien and a fellow paramedic arrived at a home in Central Wyoming to find the victim of a fall lying helpless on the floor, one knee split in half, part of the mangled mass of flesh and bone jiggling up and down.
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Released for Syndication:
03/13/2026
Bryan Goode and his coworkers perform demanding, hazardous jobs producing oil in one of the most unforgiving places on earth.
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Released for Syndication:
03/09/2026
I’ll always remember how company bosses got red in the face, tried to water down our contract proposals, and made absurd demands for concessions at way too many bargaining sessions over the years.
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Released for Syndication:
02/23/2026
Anna Bueker went to work at the BFGoodrich plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in her early 20s and began building a good life with the wages and benefits provided by her United Steelworkers (USW) contract.
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