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Union leaders express outrage at Orlando massacre, sympathy for victims and families
June 15, 2016"I don't know where to begin. Fifty dead, many more wounded, in the worst mass shooting in American history. I am sick and heartbroken."
Read moreAFL-CIO leaders: Orlando attack aimed at Latinos too
June 14, 2016"This was more than just an attack on the LGBTQ community; the victims were overwhelmingly young and Latino."
Read moreOrlando: A hate crime against the gay community
June 13, 2016This worst-ever mass shooting in American history was first and foremost a homophobic crime of hate against the nation's LGBTQIA community.
Read moreReport: Fatal crash wouldn’t have happened with proper backup
May 20, 2016Unions and workers have been campaigning for years to keep 2-person crews on all freight and passenger trains, citing safety reasons.
Read moreThis week in history: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in USSR
April 26, 2016Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl atomic power station at Pripyat.
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