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July 25, 2026

Today in 1941
When their pay was shorted, 700 workers at Canada’s largest aluminum plant in Arvida, Quebec, walk off the job in an illegal (because the industry had been classified as essential to the war effort) strike. The next day, the strike spread to 4,500 workers, who occupied the plant. Work resumed several days later and negotiations began, with the union as intermediary, assisted by federal conciliators.

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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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