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Authorities are hoping autopsy results on a bus driver who died while carrying a high school band back to Houston from a trip to Disney World will have answers.
Make Your St. Patrick's Day Union-Made in America
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Many people will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by going green and grabbing a frosty brew, and Labor 411 has more than a few great options. Its union-made beer list has topped 250 choices; and if you’re putting a meal together, it's got some delicious savory accompaniments.
Corned Beef
Saag’s
Thumann’s
Winter’s Premium Deli
Potatoes and Cabbage
Dole fresh potatoes
Purchase cabbage at a union grocery store like Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC, Albertsons, Haggen and many smaller stores like PCC Community Markets (see UFCW21.org, UFCW367.org or UFCW1439.org for more info).
Beer
Bass, Beck’s, Blue Moon, Budweiser, Busch, Butte Creek, Coors, Dundee, Duquesne, Genesee, Goose Island, Hamm’s, Henry Weinhard’s, Iron City, Jamaica Red Ale, Keystone, George Killian’s, Landshark Lager, Lionshead, Mad River, Mendocino Brewing, Michelob, Mickey’s, Miller Genuine Draft, Milwaukee’s Best, Natural Ice, O’Doul’s (nonalcoholic), Pabst Blue Ribbon, Red Stripe, Red Tail Ale, Rolling Rock, Samuel Adams, Schlitz, Shock Top, Steelhead, Third...
Students across the country participated in a nationwide protest to take a stand against gun violence following the shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead.
The Austin package bomb victims attended the same African-American church, but a Hispanic woman injured by a blast may not have been the intended target.
Noor Salman, 31, is charged with aiding and abetting her husband, Omar Mateen, in planning the 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub.
The Austin package bomb victims attended the same African-American church, but a Hispanic woman injured by a blast may not have been the intended target.
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who sentenced Larry Nassar, has proposed the idea of a mock hearing where any abuse survivor could tell her story.
Victory in Pennsylvania Shows Path to Power Is Through the Labor Movement
AFL-CIO
Democrat Conor Lamb won a close special election for Congress in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a massive turnaround in a district that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump won in 2016 by 20%. Rep.-elect Lamb embraced working people and stood up for the issues that are important to us, and we helped propel him to victory.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said:
Conor won this race because he proudly stood with unions, shared our agenda and spoke out for our members. He didn’t just ask for our support—he earned it by opposing unnecessary “right to work” laws, backing protections for coal miners’ pensions and supporting commonsense trade enforcement.
His victory proves that the path to power runs through the labor movement.
Union members used our passion and resources to help elect Lamb. Now we are going to use that same energy to hold him accountable in office. Winning elections is only the first step. Winning pro-worker policies is the ultimate goal.
Tonight’s result is a wake-up call for every single politician....
One month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, tens of thousands of students across the U.S. are taking part in a walkout to highlight the government's inaction on gun violence.
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who sentenced Larry Nassar, has proposed the idea of a mock hearing where any abuse survivor could tell her story.
