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July 29, 2026

Today in 1970
After five years of strikes and boycotts, table grape growers in California sign their first collective bargaining agreement with the United Farm Workers. The contract—which covered over 10,000 workers—ended labor contracting and established seniority and hiring rights; included an immediate wage increase; and provided for fresh water and toilets in the fields, and a medical plan.

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How Unionized Voters Could Decide the Election
Posted On: Jul 30, 2024
July 30, 2024 | VOTE2024 | Over the past two national election cycles, Democrats regained some edge with union voters, finds an analysis from the progressive Center for American Progress Action Fund shared exclusively with Axios. Why it matters: With the union vote hotly contested expect to see more explicitly pro-worker policy ideas — or at least sloganeering — coming from both sides of the aisle. That's part of the impetus behind the Biden administration's pro-labor rhetoric and policy and is also why Teamsters president Sean O'Brien spoke to the Republican National Convention — an unprecedented move. Axios
 
 
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