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July 20, 2026

Today in 1899
New York City newsboys, many so poor that they were sleeping in the streets, begin a two-week strike. Several rallies drew more than 5,000 newsboys, complete with charismatic speeches by strike leader Kid Blink, who was blind in one eye. The boys had to pay publishers up front for the newspapers; they were successful in forcing the publishers to buy back unsold papers.

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The Future of White-Collar Work May Be Unionized
Updated On: Oct 14, 2025
Oct.13, 2025 | ORGANIZING | Danielle Olivas never questioned her job security as a bank teller for Wells Fargo until her district manager in Artesia, New Mexico — who had worked at the company for more than 30 years — was laid off. Concerned, she called Sabrina Perez, a colleague in Albuquerque whose branch had unionized in December 2023. Thirteen months later, Olivas and her coworkers unanimously voted to unionize themselves, joining 27 other branches located across the country. It has been the first successful union drive at a major U.S. bank in decades, and one of the clearest signals of labor’s changing face in America. The Washington Post
 
 
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