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August 23, 2026

Today in 1919
In defiance of the Police Commissioner’s issuance of an order barring officers from being in a union, 800 Boston police officers meet to install the officers of their newly-formed local. After the Commissioner began firing union leaders, police officers voted 1,134 to 2 to strike and on September 9, most of the Boston police department walked off the job.

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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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