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August 02, 2026

Today in 1999
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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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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