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October 23, 2026

Today in 1902
President Theodore Roosevelt established a fact-finding commission to suspend a nine-month-long strike by Western Pennsylvania coal miners fighting for higher pay, shorter workdays, and union recognition. While the miners won better pay and reduced hours, they did not secure official union recognition; it marked the first time the federal government intervened as a neutral arbitrator in a labor dispute.

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Assessing Biden’s NLRB
Posted On: Jan 14, 2025
Jan. 14, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | President Biden promised to be the most pro-union, pro-worker President in history. One way he sought to achieve this goal was through his appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. For a little over three years, from September 2021 until December 16, 2024, Biden’s appointees formed a majority on the NLRB. Despite the talk about the Republicans becoming the workers’ party, labor relations have been so polarized in this country that it feels like each Administration’s appointees are just running on a treadmill, undoing the actions of the previous Administration. That was certainly the case for Biden’s appointees, as they spent much time and energy simply undoing the anti-worker actions of the first Trump NLRB.  On Labor
 
 
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