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October 26, 2026

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After eight years and at least 1,000 worker deaths — mostly Irish immigrants — the 350-mile Erie Canal opens, linking the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. Father John Raho wrote to his bishop that “so many die that there is hardly any time to give Extreme Unction (last rites) to everybody. We run night and day to assist the sick.”

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Union Ban
Posted On: May 02, 2025
May 2, 2025 | U.S. UNIONS | Unions are cheering a D.C. federal judge’s preliminary ruling overturning Republican President Donald Trump’s massive federal unionization ban, but the saga and the struggle—which could potentially affect every worker in the U.S.– isn’t over yet. That’s because the preliminary injunction the Treasury Employees (NTEU) won on April 25 from U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman, a Clinton nominee, is just that. But in a loophole, it applies to top Trump administration officials but not the president himself. That leaves the way open for Trump to issue yet another executive order targeting unions—something he has signaled he will do. Peoples World
 
 
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