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Union Video Game Workers Fight for Rights Amidst Xbox Layoffs
WASHINGTON, July 7 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:

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Union Video Game Workers Fight for Rights Amidst Xbox Layoffs

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NATIONWIDE - Microsoft eliminated an initial wave of 1,600 jobs across its Xbox division, including hundreds of union video game workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

"When Microsoft sought to grow its video game division, corporate executives made an agreement with video game workers and their union, CWA, to respect their right to organize for a new day for workers across ... Show Full Article
NEA Posthumously Awards Teacher, Illinois Native With Its Highest Honor
WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on July 5, 2026:

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NEA posthumously awards teacher, Illinois native with its highest honor

Former Illinois Education Association President Al Llorens receives the NEA Friend of Education Award for his tireless dedication to defending public education.

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DENVER -- The National Education Association today posthumously awarded Al Llorens--former president of the Illinois Education Association and defender of public education--with its highest honor, the Friend of Education Award. The award was presented ... Show Full Article
NEA Members Elect New Leaders to Champion Public Education Nationwide
WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release:

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NEA members elect new leaders to champion public education nationwide

Delegates elect national president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer at annual Representative Assembly

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Nearly 6,000 delegates representing educators from every state and territory have chosen new national officers to lead NEA, the nation's largest labor union, during the union's 105th Representative Assembly (RA).

Delegates elected Princess R. Moss, an elementary school music teacher from Louisa County, Virginia, as ... Show Full Article
Bazooka Teamsters Ratify Strong Contract
WASHINGTON, July 7 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:

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Bazooka Teamsters Ratify Strong Contract

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Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org

(SCRANTON, Pa.) - Over 60 workers at Bazooka's Ring Pop facility in Moosic, Pa., represented by Teamsters Local 229, have ratified a strong new contract. The three-year agreement delivers a 15 percent wage increase, more affordable health care, improvements to the Teamsters pension plan, a stronger vacation structure, increased shift differentials, ... Show Full Article
Ascension blocks Wichita nurses from returning to work after one-day strike
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 7 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:

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Ascension blocks Wichita nurses from returning to work after one-day strike

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Registered nurses at two Ascension hospitals in Wichita, Kansas, are outraged today as Ascension management has locked them out for days following nurses' one-day strike on July 6. The nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals, who are represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), say the move is an obvious retaliatory punishment for ... Show Full Article
Teamsters Statement on Dairy Farmers of America's Anti-Competitive Behavior
WASHINGTON, July 6 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:

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Teamsters Statement on Dairy Farmers of America's Anti-Competitive Behavior

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(WASHINGTON) - The following is a statement from Jesse Case, Director of the Teamsters Food Processing Division, regarding the Dairy Farmers of America's (DFA) decision to shut down its St. Albans, Vt., processing plant, creamery, and supply store:

"Dairy Farmers of America is shutting down its St. Albans facility and eliminating good union jobs in what appears to be retaliation against members ... Show Full Article
Federal cuts threaten 600 financially vulnerable hospitals nationwide
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 6 [Category: Union] (TNSrpt) -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:

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Federal cuts threaten 600 financially vulnerable hospitals nationwide

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More than 600 financially vulnerable hospitals across the United States are set to experience an aggregate increase in financial deficits of between 50 and 75 percent. The financial losses, estimated in a new research study by National Nurses United (NNU), present an extreme risk of cuts and closures of essential health care services for millions of people across the country.

In the report titled ... Show Full Article