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Unemployment rate rises in June to 4.9 percent
July 12, 2016Unemployment for African-American teenagers jumped by 33,000 from May to June, and their joblessness rose to 31.2 percent.
Read moreVA union blasts recommendation to break up, privatize vets’ health care system
July 12, 2016"Destroying this system creates dangerous gaps in treatment and missed opportunities to heal veterans."
Read moreTeamster was one of two African-Americans shot dead
July 8, 2016Philando Castile was a Teamsters Local 320 member and nutrition services supervisor at the J.J. Hill Montessori school in St. Paul.
Read moreUnion anti-Trump rally focuses on his D.C. hotel construction site
July 8, 2016"Stop hate! Dump Trump!" "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" were among the chants from demonstrators.
Read moreRail workers group condemns allowance of single-worker freight trains
July 7, 2016Railroad workers are organizing for more effective rulemaking.
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