Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union contract, though bargaining is at a standstill.

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A group of video game testers based in Maryland is forming Microsoft's first labor union in the U.S.

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Maryland public defenders voted Tuesday to unionize after a two-year effort.

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Welcome to Monday, the 89th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. Here are some other news items. — British man will plead guilty to manslaughter in alleged mercy killing of wife. — Fired Harvard fencing coach faces bribery charge in ...

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President Joe Biden signed a bill to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into a catastrophic recession.

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Legislation to avert what could have been an economically ruinous freight rail strike won final approval in Congress on Thursday.

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The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement.

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Railroad unions decried President Joe Biden's call for Congress to intervene in their contract dispute.

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Consumers could see higher gas prices and product shortages during the winter holiday season if railroads and all of their unions can't agree on new contracts.

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Workers at the Enoch Pratt Free Library voted overwhelmingly to form a union.

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