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Trade unions stage protest against labour codes pursued by Centre • May 20, 2025, 5:41 AM ET (The Hindu)
Writers Guild West Strike Discipline Largely Upheld In Close Member Vote • May 10, 2025, 10:21 AM ET (The Hollywood Reporter)
Production Assistants, Seeing Work Dwindle, View a Union as Their Future • May 3, 2025, 4:55 AM ET (The Hollywood Reporter)
Former Michigan steelworkers union president sentenced for stealing $58,000 • Apr. 30, 2025, 11:55 AM ET (CBS)
Birmingham bin strike: Union says driver pay could fall by £8,000 • Apr. 29, 2025, 7:16 AM ET (BBC)

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Margaret Angela Haley
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Jackie Presser
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Dieter Schulte
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Jean Marchand
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Roy Lee Williams
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