Tag: labor
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Boeing machinists reject new labor contract, extending strike
Boeing machinists voted 64% against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said Wednesday, extending a more than five-week strike that has halted most of the company’s aircraft production, which is centered in the Seattle area. The rejection is another major setback for the company, which warned earlier Wednesday that it would…
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Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as other Americans were released
Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when a Biden administration official told him WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner was being released from Russian detention after nine months and he was not. In his first interview with NBC News since returning to the U.S., Whelan, who had been imprisoned in Russia for more than…
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Kamala Harris mobilizes diverse labor force in the Sun Belt
President Joe Biden has often proclaimed that he is the most pro-union president in history, a declaration that Democrats often tied to his appeal to white working-class voters in the Midwest. Now serving as the party’s standard-bearer, Vice President Kamala Harris is building her own coalition by mobilizing a more diverse and expansive labor force…
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Kamala Harris’ labor split screen: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we explore one positive and on negative development for Kamala Harris’ support from organized labor. Plus, chief political…