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Last week, the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on H.R. 3441, the so-called Save Local Business Act -- a bill that has almost nothing to do with saving small and local businesses.

Yahaira Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband, Juan Vivares, reported to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in lower Manhattan in March. Vivares, who fled Colombia and entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, had recently been given a deportation order.

The Park Plaza Hotel in Boston was the venue for the Greater Boston Labor Council’s annual Labor Day breakfast on September 4, 2017. Over 600 union leaders, activists and elected officials attended the event.

Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, I learned at an early age the power of unions to dramatically improve the opportunities of black families in America.

The tension between work and time off has always been a concern of the American labor movement.