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August 01, 2026

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The Great Shipyard Strike of 1999 ends after steelworkers at Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. ratify a breakthrough agreement which nearly doubles pensions, increases security, ends inequality, and provides the highest wage increases in company and industry history to nearly 10,000 workers. The strike lasted over 16 weeks.

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Key Labor Union Backs Tariffs: ‘Something Needed to Be Done’
Updated On: Apr 10, 2025
Apr. 10, 2025 | US TRADE POLICIES | The Teamsters, a key labor union representing more than 1.3 million Americans, is backing up President Donald Trump's tariffs. The news of the tariffs was welcome news for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which views tariffs as a policy that will promote U.S. manufacturing and bring back union jobs, Kara Deniz, assistant director of communications for the union, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday afternoon. Deniz told Newsweek the union is supporting the tariffs, which she said will bring back manufacturing jobs for American workers. Newsweek
 
 
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