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September 16, 2026

Today in 1897
 Luzerne County sheriff's deputies slaughtered 19 unarmed coal miners striking outside of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The strikers, primarily German, Polish, Lithuanian, and Slovak immigrants, were fighting for decent wages and working conditions in one of the most brutal industries in the nation.

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Jennifer Abruzzo, the NLRB’s General Counsel, Is Labor’s Best Legal Friend
Updated On: Sep 28, 2021
Sept. 28, 2021 | INTERVIEW | Since being confirmed as the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer two months ago, Jennifer Abruzzo has wasted no time laying out a strong pro-worker agenda. A memo released in August outlining her priorities indicated her intent to revisit a number of policies in ways that could make them much friendlier to unions and to worker organizing. Among the most significant are the “Joy Silk” doctrine, which could require employers to demonstrate actual reasons for not voluntarily recognizing unions... In These Times
 
 
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