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July 26, 2026

Today in 1941
When their pay was shorted, 700 workers at Canada’s largest aluminum plant in Arvida, Quebec, walk off the job in an illegal (because the industry had been classified as essential to the war effort) strike. The next day, the strike spread to 4,500 workers, who occupied the plant. Work resumed several days later and negotiations began, with the union as intermediary, assisted by federal conciliators.

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Who Are Today’s Union Workers?
Updated On: Apr 27, 2021
Apr. 27, 2021 | DIVERSITY | One in nine workers—15.9 million working women and men in the United States—are represented by a union. This makes organized labor one of the largest institutions in America. It is also one of the most diverse, representing workers of all ages, at all levels of education, of diverse races and ethnicities, and across most industries in America. Altogether, about two-thirds of working people ages 16+ who are covered by a union contract are women and/or people of color. … Economic Policy Institute
 
 
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