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February 01, 2026

Today in 1882
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, N.Y. He was elected president of the United States four times starting in 1932. His New Deal programs helped America survive the Great Depression. His legislative achievements included the creation of the National Labor Relations Act, which allows workers to organize unions, bargain collectively and strike.

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We Need A Modern Labor Movement That Brings Good Jobs
Posted On: Sep 22, 2021
Sept. 22, 2021 | ECONOMY | […] Working people are re-evaluating pre-COVID employment and refusing to accept a substandard job. As a result, wages are rising, schedules are more human and benefits are increasing. Millions of new jobs for working people, mostly unionized, will result from the $3.5 trillion budget blueprint moving through Congress. The latest Gallup poll found that 68% of Americans — and 77% of people 18-34 — have a positive opinion of unions. And the devastating pandemic taught America that without nurses, first responders, teachers, grocery clerks, truck drivers, postal workers, and essential heroes, we’d be utterly nowhere. These positive developments are not sufficient to right our economic ship. For decades, our economy… Chicago Sun Times
 
 
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