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August 02, 2026

Today in 1999
The Great Shipyard Strike of 1999 ends after steelworkers at Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. ratify a breakthrough agreement which nearly doubles pensions, increases security, ends inequality, and provides the highest wage increases in company and industry history to nearly 10,000 workers. The strike lasted over 16 weeks.

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Deportations Prompt AFL-CIO ‘Rapid Response Plans
Updated On: Jan 28, 2025
Jan. 28, 2025 | WORKER IMMIGRATION | The largest U.S. union federation has been working to equip its affiliates around the country to help defend immigrant workers against workplace raids and mass deportation efforts… “Immigrant rights are worker rights, and this is a top priority for the labor movement,” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in an interview. “We have a rapid response network on the ground to help workers who are scared and fearful of what’s going to come.” Bloomberg
 
 
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