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![A passenger van is decorated with messages of solidarity for striking workers](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-from-iOS-62-scaled-e1637786539833-900x422.jpg)
Two strikes and two union drives signify labor unrest in the Ohio Valley
By: Katie Meyers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (OVR) — In the Ohio Valley, the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing labor shortage have encouraged workers to join what many say is a… Read More
![A man approaches a van from a COVID-19 vaccine mobile clinic hosted by McDonald's and the California Department of the Public Health in September in Los Angeles.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gettyimages-1235410296-12f60b0c81ba9ab4d49788c9cfb22fe001f40d57-scaled-e1636044096607-900x422.jpg)
Biden’s vaccine rules for 100 million workers are here. These are the details
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In early September, President Biden announced he was taking steps to get more Americans vaccinated and turn the tide on COVID-19. On Thursday, the administration rolled… Read More
![A 'Help Wanted' sign is posted beside Coronavirus safety guidelines in front of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California on May 28, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/gettyimages-1233161007-edit_custom-4a1480d255f662ef28425501ee8a90c5419eae89-1-e1635266828557-900x422.jpg)
How employers can win workers back (and keep them) after the ‘Great Resignation’
By: Jonaki Mehta | NPR
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (NPR) — In the wee hours of a Saturday morning this past June, Mary Waters pulled into a grocery store parking lot in St. Louis. It was… Read More
![The KFC in Athens is just one on many business looking for employees.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_0041-e1634834785337-900x422.jpg)
Lawmakers want to let teens work later on a school night
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9pm on a school night. Current law says those teenagers have to stop working at… Read More
![Crowd of people protesting. Protest, uprising, march or strike in city street. Anonymous activist fist up.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/shutterstock_1227767950-e1634669051152-900x422.jpg)
Growing number of U.S. workers are pushing back against employers during “Striketober”
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union reached an agreement on a new film and TV contract this weekend, averting a strike that would have ground… Read More
![Katherine Gaines stands in front of her childhood home in Washington, D.C. She moved back in two years ago to help care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/katherinegaines-e3864703ad0936a5d3ef07539e9f533bddeabc8a-e1622815956552-900x422.jpg)
Millions Of Women Haven’t Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What’s keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.
![A customer walks behind a sign at a Nordstrom store seeking employees on May 21, in Coral Gables, Fla. Citing a severe shortage of workers, half of the nation's governors have decided to end extra federal jobless benefits months early.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ap21142425631365-06b20fc4143466d3fb1705d65ce37595e1fdf262-scaled-e1622745449871-900x422.jpg)
Half Of States Are Ending Pandemic Jobless Aid Early, And The Economy Could Suffer
By: Avie Schneider | NPR
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Citing a severe shortage of workers, half of the nation’s governors have decided to end extra federal jobless benefits months early. But an economist says that will set back households and businesses.
![Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday on President Biden's massive infrastructure and jobs plan.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gettyimages-1232421029-4c5e6a258d75fd312f362112bf5504da44c558d9-scaled-e1619190420801-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia Unions Pressure Manchin To Back Biden On Infrastructure Plan
By: Don Gonyea | NPR
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In an evenly divided Senate, the moderate Democrat is key to passing President Biden’s massive infrastructure and jobs proposal. Now he’s facing pressure from unions back home to support the measure.
![In this Dec. 3, 2015 file photo, The Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial is shown in Whitesville, W.Va.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP20095448177610-e1617653698322-900x422.jpg)
WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (OVR) — Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where 29 miners were killed on April 5,… Read More
![Miners assemble on railroad tracks to block a shipment of coal from a Blackjewel mine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/more-miners-on-trax-e1564575630626-900x422.jpg)
Blackjewel Bankruptcy Leaves Damaged Lands, Miners’ Compensation In Limbo
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — The Blackjewel bankruptcy case has been ongoing since the summer of 2019 when Blackjewel, LLC abruptly collapsed, leaving over 2,000 miners in Wyoming, Kentucky and West… Read More
![A union miner at the rally for pension protection.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_1076-e1531931396137-900x422.jpg)
Biden’s COVID-19 Bill Championed As A Boon For Failing Ohio Valley Pensions
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — Major unions and one of their leading allies in the U.S. Senate are hailing tens of billions of dollars allocated for shoring up struggling union pension… Read More
![West Virginia teachers demonstrate for a pay increase.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/EJ7A0041-e1523656919157-900x422.jpg)
Bill Would Allow Firing Of Striking West Virginia Teachers
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state senator has renewed an attempt to punish teachers for striking in a state where work stoppages have occurred in two of the… Read More
![David Pratt Jr. and Sr., right and second from right, protest former employer Blackjewel in summer 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3947-1-scaled-e1585411893792-900x422.jpg)
‘There’s Going To Be Something Better for Him’: Former Blackjewel Miners Reflect on Changes in Coal Country
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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On a blistering August afternoon in Cumberland, Kentucky, David Pratt, Jr. stood in the middle of a two-lane highway, holding a sign that read “COAL MINERS AND TRUCKERS AGAINST CORPORATE… Read More
![Claims for unemployment benefits are spiking across the country as businesses shut down to stem the spread of the coronavirus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rts36s23-49721547e9cdcdcc7fa3d54ebe2be8cb01cb6291-scaled-e1585230589380-900x422.jpg)
3.3 Million File For Unemployment Claims, Shattering Records
By: Jim Zarroli | Avie Schneider | NPR
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A record number of Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week as the coronavirus hammered the economy. It’s nearly five times the levels seen during the Great Recession.
![Miners and supporters block the railroad in Pike Co., KY](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0400-scaled-e1579030491401-900x422.jpg)
More Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage a Coal Train Blockade
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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For the second time since summer, eastern Kentucky coal miners are blockading a railroad track to protest unpaid wages. The new blockade, which was started Monday afternoon by Quest Energy… Read More
![A sales clerk speaks with a customer in front of Microsoft Corp.'s display at an electronics store in Tokyo. Microsoft's division in Japan says it saw productivity grow by 40% after allowing employees to work for four days a week rather than five.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/microsoft-4-day-work-week-9640a9ef81762cbe77f4d66c387019aa7988335e-e1572970633688-900x422.jpg)
4-Day Workweek Boosted Workers’ Productivity By 40%, Microsoft Japan Says
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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Employees at Microsoft Japan worked four days a week, enjoyed a three-day weekend — and got their normal, five-day paycheck. As part of the trial, the company also capped meetings at 30 minutes.
![Retired Kentucky miner Virgil Stanley at a UMWA rally for pension protections.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Virgil2-e1572649697548-900x422.jpg)
Murray Energy’s Bankruptcy Could Bring Collapse of Coal Miners’ Pensions
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The recent bankruptcy of Ohio Valley coal giant Murray Energy has renewed fears about the already shaky financial foundations of the pension plan that tens of thousands of miners and their families… Read More
![Huntington, West Virginia skyline](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/HuntingtonWVskyline-e1506429416193-900x422.jpg)
Cabell County EMS Workers in Seek to Unionize
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia county’s emergency responders have announced plans to unionize. The Huntington Herald-Dispatch reports dozens of Cabell County EMS employees showed their support for the initiative at… Read More
![Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and entrepreneur Andrew Yang talk during a break in the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN/New York Times.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ap_19289105347121-e0d14f9808dab93f57102989cd9221a46f9ce13d-e1571931140948-900x422.jpg)
FACT CHECK: Do Robots Or Trade Threaten American Workers More?
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
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Democratic presidential candidates have divergent world views on whether automation or trade policy is to blame for lost jobs.
![Jacob Dyer at the Coalfield Development Corporation site.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0006-e1570222080176-900x422.jpg)
Why Worker Training Programs Alone Won’t Save Coal Country
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Bobby Bowman mined coal in West Virginia for 12 years before his employer shut down. “I don’t think that mine will ever open again,” he said. Bowman lives in Welch,… Read More
![Protesting miners blocked the tracks in the morning fog.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/blackjewel-miners-on-track-e1564575779614-900x422.jpg)
Former Blackjewel Miners End Railroad Blockade In Kentucky
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The nearly two-month blockade of a Kentucky railroad track is coming to an end as unpaid coal miners end their protest in order to take new jobs, start classes, or move away… Read More
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Ohio Jobless Rate Increases Slightly from July to August
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly from July to August. State officials on Friday said the unemployment rate was 4.1% in August, compared with 4%… Read More
![Near the scene of the miners’ protest in Harlan Co., KY.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Miners_On_Tracks-63-1-e1568902685352-900x422.jpg)
Paychecks Cut For Some Blackjewel Miners; Others Still Wait
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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West Virginia employees of coal operator Blackjewel LLC have received their final paychecks more than two months after the company declared bankruptcy on July 1. In an agreement reached last… Read More
![Workers at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio put the final touches on Chevy Cobalts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AP_16314754462786-e1543255207929-900x422.jpg)
Slow Progress Reported in Talks as GM Strike Enters 3rd Day
By: Tom Krisher | AP
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DETROIT (AP) — Union and company bargainers are making progress toward a new contract as a strike by United Auto Workers that brought 33 General Motors factories to a halt… Read More
![United Auto Workers President Gary Jones speaks during the opening of contract talks with General Motors in Detroit in July. Union officials allowed their contract to lapse over the weekend after both sides failed to agree on a new contract.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ap_19256511386996-859549398a56a437d567399ec0c74e7ee2c5c4b3-e1568648069874-900x422.jpg)
UAW Goes On Strike Against General Motors
By: Bobby Allyn | Brakkton Booker | NP
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Picket lines began forming outside GM plants after the United Auto Workers voted Sunday to begin a strike at midnight. Nearly 50,000 workers are affected by the work stoppage.