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June 04, 2026

Today in 1947
The House of Representatives approves the Taft-Hartley Act. The legislation allows the president of the United States to intervene in labor disputes. President Truman vetoed the law but was overridden by Congress.

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The Wake of Labor Journalism
Posted On: Jun 04, 2026
June 4, 2026 | MEDIA | Union support in the United States is at historic highs, yet labor coverage in American newsrooms is shrinking. Over the past four years, record numbers of Teamsters have organized, struck their employers, and negotiated strong contracts. About 70 percent of Americans support unions, and polling shows younger workers are hungry to organize. But you wouldn’t necessarily know this from watching the nightly news or reading most major U.S. newspapers. The space once devoted to labor news has steadily disappeared. For decades, newspapers have cut reporters dedicated to the labor beat… Continued at Just Cause Teamsters
 
 
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