BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - 8/6/2026:
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For generations, Appalachia powered America. Too many of our fathers and grandfathers paid with their lungs.
As the son of a UMWA family, watching black lung make a comeback while protections are weakened is infuriating. Politicians who claim to stand with coal miners must also stand for miner safety. Supporting coal while failing to protect coal miners isn't pro-worker—it's pro-profit.
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Today's BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update:
Harlem public defenders end a historic strike,WV Teamsters enter Week 12 accusing a beer distributor of surface bargaining, and unions challenge threats to press freedom.
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - 8/3/2026:
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The evidence keeps pointing in the same direction: stronger unions mean higher wages, better benefits, and a stronger middle class. If we're serious about rebuilding the economy for working families, we already know what works.
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - July 31, 2026:
• Largest cannabis industry strike ends with new deal
• Ghirardelli workers strike in SF
• Postal unions defend USPS & mail-in ballots
• Organizing, strike news & more
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·Trump is rolling back so many workers' rights the U.S. has landed on a watchlist.
• Meta's data center "training camp" called an anti-union scheme
• Strike news
• Workers organizing & fighting back
• And more
BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update – 7/29/2026:
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - 7/28/2026:
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - 7/27/26
• Liz Shuler: "Our job security is political."
• David Huerta case dropped
• DoD union lawsuit
• Delaney Hall rally
• DHS surveilled ICE protesters.
More: https://www.bluecollarwriter.com/home/labor-news-update
West Virginians are showing what solidarity looks like.
Businesses are standing with striking Teamsters Local 175 workers. Neighbors are supporting the picket line. People are boycotting. That's exactly how communities defend good union jobs.
Solidarity is more than a slogan. It's action.
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - 7/23/2026:
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
• Court strikes down longstanding NLRB rule on post-merger union bargaining.
• NAACP & unions strengthen cooperation ahead of November.
• Arrests and injuries reported on the C&H Sugar refinery strike line.
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - 7/21/2026:
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• AFT President Randi Weingarten urges workers to mobilize to defend democracy.
• Huntington deserved better.
• Workers remain concerned about AI's impact on the future of work.
• A Colorado labor lockout leaves a rural town asking: How do we survive?
BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - July 20, 2026:
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The people of Huntington deserved better.
The vote may be over, but the real story was neighbors from different political beliefs standing together to defend privacy, civil liberties, and their right to be heard.
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update – July 15, 2026
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• As the West Virginia Teamsters beer strike continues, community support for workers remains strong.
• New report: Tripling union membership could mean a 14.5% raise for the median worker.
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update - July 14, 2026:
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Everyone keeps asking if I'm going to write about the Mitch McConnell mystery.
I did... just not the way anyone expected.
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Watching your worst fears slowly become reality isn't vindication. It's grief. Every institution hollowed out, every attack on workers, every erosion of democratic norms wasn't an isolated event. It was another step down a road many of us could already see
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BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update – July 10, 2026:
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• Union workers save NYC building. • W.Va. Teamsters stay strong. • Brigham nurses remain on strike. • Organizing victories & labor history. • Today's top worker news in one place.
