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September 10, 2026

Today in 1897
 Striking immigrant anthracite coal miners raise an American flag and march on the still-open mine in Lattimer, Pennsylvania. They were met by the local sheriff and Coal and Iron Police deputies. The sheriff ordered the workers to disperse and the deputies opened fire, killing 19 and wounding as many as 49 others. All those killed in the Lattimer Massacre were shot in the back; the sheriff and 73 deputies were arrested, tried, and acquitted.

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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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