Labor
Asheville nurse says union organizing activity contributed to her firing
May 18, 2026Molly Zenker, a former nurse at Mission Hospital, is known throughout western North Carolina as a labor organizer with National Nurses United.
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Unions step up criticism of Gov. Spanberger’s bargaining rights veto
May 18, 2026AFL-CIO emphasizes that 500,000 workers will suffer because of her action
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Texas took documented immigrants’ CDL licenses, leaving them with no income
May 15, 2026Texas was among the first states to heed Trump administration directives to revoke commercial driver’s licenses from some immigrants as a safety measure.
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Virginia AFL-CIO: Spanberger’s veto is betrayal of working people
May 15, 2026The entire labor movement is angry about the governor going back on her promise to extend collective bargaining rights to public workers
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Ernest Poole’s ‘The Harbor’: A working-class classic that still matters
May 14, 2026"The Harbor" does for the ship and dock workers of New York what Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle" did for the immigrants working in the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
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