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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Memphis City Employees Celebrate Across-the-Board Pay Raises and Bonuses

Employees of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, are celebrating much-needed wage hikes and bonuses they secured through the union they formed—a testament to the power of a union. They are celebrating $5,000 bonuses along with pay raises of at least 5%. Workers who keep Memphis’ hospitals, schools and roads running saw this increase last month.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Florida Paramedics Win Never Quit Awards for Rescuing Tornado Victims

“He’d heard that we were in the Panhandle area, and he told us that his son was in a campsite where a tornado had gone through and now he was trapped under the roof of his cabin, and he couldn’t get help,” Tucker said. “It turned out his son was only five miles away. I told him we would head there.”
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The Racist Roots of Right to Work

Proponents of so-called "right to work" laws often use lofty language to sell their agenda, with false appeals to freedom, among other high ideals.