New York, N.Y. On May 18, Locomotive Engineers at New Jersey Transit (NJT) won a new tentative contract with an improved wage offer after a solid three-day strike that halted the vital passenger rail service statewide. A message on the union’s strike website said it all: “Thank you members. We . . .
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By Chris Fry This article was published first by Fighting Words on May 15. May 8, Worcester, Massachusetts – Ferreria-de Oliveira, a migrant from Brazil, screamed for help. Her two daughters, one of whom was carrying her own newborn baby, tried to reach their mother. They were shoved out of . . .
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