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Dave Smith launched a union drive many years ago that generated enthusiastic support among his coworkers, but the effort died after management…
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Workers at Blue Bird Corporation in Fort Valley, Georgia, launched a union drive to secure better wages, work-life balance, and a voice…
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Among the handful of neurologically impaired patients in Judy Danellaās care one day in March 2023 were three so ill that they…
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