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Workers at a Queens, N.Y., carwash are the first “carwasheros” east of Los Angeles to win a collective bargaining agreement. The new contract announced Tuesday by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a part of the union movement’s continuing effort to bring workplace justice to low-wage immigrant workers.

Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, is expected to ask a military judge Wednesday for permission to represent himself at his murder trial.The judge had set Wednesday for the start of jury selection but delayed it until next week so she could hear Hasan’s request to fire his lawyers. The trial is scheduled to begin Jul...