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![UPS workers walk a "practice picket line" in New York City on July 7, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gettyimages-1513202659-1bb2e075d701bf0f96e5f1d712cb07786ed342e9-scaled-e1693858772385-900x422.jpg)
4 things to know on Labor Day — from the Hot Labor Summer to the Hollywood strikes
By: Andrea Hsu | Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — This Labor Day, one thing’s for sure: Organized labor is on the move. Unions have already notched some big wins this year, including at UPS — and… Read More
![Traffic moves along Interstate 395 on Friday morning in Washington, D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gettyimages-1637205478-30bd4e71dbfd455d155536e7599a0ca59d1fdc37-scaled-e1693604907463-900x422.jpg)
Roads and airports will be crowded this weekend. Here’s how to prepare
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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Updated September 1, 2023 at 11:50 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — This Labor Day weekend is shaping up to be a crowded one, from airports to roads. The Federal Aviation… Read More
![In this June 6, 2011 photo, this historical marker along W.Va. Route 17 in Blair, W.Va., is the only visible sign of the 1921 battle here between thousands of armed, unionizing coal miners and the thousands of law enforcement officers and security guards hired to defeat them. At least 16 men died on the mountain](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_110602056027-e1567537148425-900x422.jpg)
On Labor Day, Miners Mark Historic Union March
By: Emily Allen | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ninety-eight years ago, thousands of pro-union miners marched toward West Virginia’s Logan County, to protest abuses by coal operators in what was then a largely anti-union territory. The marchers were… Read More