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    News Article ● Strike Unions

    Students hold sit-in at district office amid Mpls. teachers strike; food service workers union announces tentative agreement

    March 18, 2022 // "My hope is that we will truly dig into the equity part of it and make sure that our Black and brown educators are taken care of," El-Amin said. "There are lot of inequities we need to deal with other than the dollars on the table. Want to make sure families that look like me are being heard."

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    News Article ● Unionization Unions

    Young workers give unions new hope

    February 15, 2022 // Multiple polls show union approval is high __ and growing __ among the youngest workers. And U.S. union membership levels are even ticking upward for workers between 25 and 34, even as they decline among other age groups.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Tudor’s Biscuit World workers say no to 1st West Virginia fast-food union

    January 25, 2022 // Workers at a West Virginia franchise of a regional fast-food restaurant on Tuesday rejected efforts to form a union that would have been the first of its kind in the state. Immediately after the vote, union organizers announced that they had filed unfair labor practice charges against the company.

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    Labor

    Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 & Basic Crafts To Begin Contract Talks With AMPTP This Week

    December 5, 2021 //

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