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August 03, 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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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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