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Sept. 17, 1963
A Southern Pacific train loaded with sugar beets strikes a makeshift bus filled with 60 migrant workers near Salinas, Calif., killing 32. The driver said the bus was so crowded he couldn›t see the train coming. 

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Explaining Young Workers’ Support for Unions
Posted On: Oct 30, 2024
Oct. 30, 2024 | THE AMERICAN WORKER | New data from Gallup shows that more than three-quarters of young Americans approve of unions. Seventy-seven percent of respondents age 34 and lower say they approve of labor unions—higher than any other age group—compared to 70 percent of respondents age 35 through 54 answering positively, and 66 percent of respondents over the age of 55 responding positively. These recent polling results reinforce findings from the Center from American Progress that shows Gen Z and Millennials are not only the most pro-union generations alive today, but even more pro-union than older Americans were at their age. Additionally, these pro-union attitudes among Gen Z and Millennial cross partisan divides. Center for American Progress
 
 
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