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October 28, 2026

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Eli Whitney submitted his patent for the cotton gin, an invention that reshaped American labor by accelerating the rise of the industrial factory system in the North and dramatically expanding the brutal plantation slavery system in the South. The fight to tame the conditions industrial labor wrought, in part, by the cotton gin, remains underway today.

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15,000 Western Pa. Teamsters’ Pension Benefits Restored
Posted On: Jul 28, 2022
July 28, 2022 | PENSIONS | Pension benefits were restored for some 15,000 people covered by the Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Plan after a federal government bailout of the plan that was announced Monday. On average, Teamster pension benefits were cut 20% in 2019 to stave off plan insolvency, which was forecast for 2025. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation fully restored the retirement benefits, starting from the time the cuts were imposed. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 — which funded the pension bailout and targeted a number of industries for financial support, including hospitals and local government agencies — also propped up severely underfunded multiemployer pension plans. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  PHOTO/ADOBE STOCK
 
 
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