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Congress steps to avert impending rail strike at Biden's ask. What do the rail workers want?
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPresident Biden asked Congress to intervene in a labor dispute between rail workers and their...
Railroad unions and their employers at an impasse: Freight-halting strikes are rare, and this would...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again, prompting the Biden...
'Union Station Riot' depicts dark side of railroad strike
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 18—A painting at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art shows the dark side of a railroad strike in 1877. The oil painting, titled "Union Station Riot," depicts the station in Pittsburgh's ...
'Elmira's forgotten governor': Remembering Lucius Robinson, who served from 1877-1880
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLucius Robinson has been called “Elmira’s Forgotten Governor.” He served from Jan. 1, 1877 to Jan....
How business and competition led to Merced becoming California’s ‘gateway’ to Yosemite
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 1 year agoThe sounds of the season have already begun to fill the fresh, cold Merced air. Occasionally mixed...
Pen Mar transportation: Trolley cars on the mountain
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoDuring the mid-1870s, John M. Hood was president of the Western Maryland Railroad, and as all good managers do, he was looking to expand business and...
Letters to the Editor: Medicare for All; pray to fight climate change
Mansfield News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLabor Day solidarity and Medicare for All On Labor Day 2022, numerous labor Unions across the Northwest Ohio Region marched in Toledo in the annual Labor Day parade. This is a great sign of ...
Coal Creek history: How Welsh coal miners ended convict leasing and slavery in Tennessee
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis is a three-part series by Carolyn Krause drawing on Barry Thacker’s “Bringing the Coal Creek...
47 landmark Supreme Court cases that changed American life as we knew it
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMembers of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate...
Chicago history timeline: Revisiting 175 years of breaking news from the pages of the Chicago...
Chicago Tribune· 2 years agoSince its first edition was published on June 10, 1847, the Chicago Tribune has covered every milestone in the city’s history. Here’s a look back at more than 175 years of breaking news, Pulitzer-winning ...
