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The two sides have agreed to a 62% wage increase over 6 years in a deal between the International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance. The union had been seeking a 77% increase.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas are closed due to a strike by the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers.

On today’s show, we learn how community health centers are providing care to low-income and underserved Louisianans — and saving the state money in the process. Also, a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor visits South Louisiana this week to share his story and music.

Amid a new push in a region that’s historically unwelcoming to unionization, author Stephen Silvia details what the UAW could learn from its past efforts.

The seven strikes in the region signify a slow-growing labor movement that gained momentum in 2021.

After 700 days, the United Mine Workers of America Union asked Warrior Met Coal to allow the strikers to come back to work unconditionally.

Fired up by a labor movement that’s seen big union victories recently, dollar store workers are organizing in their own way to improve work conditions.

Workers at the downtown Birmingham coffee shop cast a near-unanimous vote to become the first Starbucks location in the state to say yes to forming a union.

As the strike in Alabama drags on, coal miners say it’s not just about the money. They’re also fighting for their dignity.

In 1979, Ernest "Dutch" Morial became the first black mayor of New Orleans. He won the election with 95% of the black vote, and just 20% of the white...