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September 01, 2026

Today in 1946
26,000 sugar workers represented by the dockers union, start a 79-day strike affecting 33 of Hawaii's 34 plantations.

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In Union Triumph, the Seeds of Future Failure
Posted On: Aug 22, 2024
Aug. 22, 2024 | OPINION | Starting with one small shop in Buffalo, Starbucks workers have unionized 481 stores with more than 11,000 employees in less than three years. It’s a staggering demonstration of what can be accomplished when an aggressive union, an eager work force and a labor-friendly Democratic administration wind up in alignment. But this best-case scenario also shows how American labor laws, and the bureaucracy they require, make mass unionization impossible unless rules for certifying unions and negotiating contracts are simplified and streamlined. Labor leaders have been saying for decades that the country’s labor laws… New York Times
 
 
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