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America’s new blue-collar job boom is one nobody saw coming — and it’s just getting started

Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby says the Red Oak, Texas, campus proves data centers need electricians, welders and carpenters over degrees.

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Fox News· Oct 5, 8:34 PMAmerica’s new blue-collar job boom is one nobody saw coming — and it’s just getting started

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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rallyThis year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat2d agoSources (4)Whole story →

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Good News on Affordability: American Paychecks Are Beating Inflation Under TrumpThe average private-sector paycheck has grown faster than prices since President Trump took office, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show. And in recent months, real pay is growing even faster. The post Good News on Affordability: American Paychecks Are Beating Inflation Under Trump appeared first on Breitbart .

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Minimum Wage Is Rising in These U.S. Cities in 2027Cost-of-living adjustments mean dozens of states and cities are seeing wages rise further above the $7.25 federal minimum in 2026.

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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Post-Gazette labor fightFive months after the Block family relinquished control of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, its lengthy battle with the newspaper’s union workers appears to be over. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the former owner’s appeal of a federal labor ruling requiring workers to be repaid for imposed cuts

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California Prepares to Ban Quartz Countertop ProductionThe state would be the first to block an industry that has been connected to a deadly lung disease in workers.

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Residents rally to support CT police chief as union moves to oust himThe union president pointed to more than 20 complaints filed by police officers with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and several federal lawsuits

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Bernie Sanders boosts wealth tax while labor argues it would devastate California's economyLabor leaders argue that the billionaires tax includes a loophole that would allow state lawmakers to tax the savings and retirement accounts and home equity of all Californians.

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These Candidates Don’t Talk to Working People—They Are Working PeopleClaire Valdez, the New York state assemblymember now running to represent New York City’s 7th congressional district in the House of Representatives, joined a union long before she ever entered politics. It’s her history with unions that she credits with giving her the experience she needed to think about running for office in the first place. “I think…

The New Republic1d agoWhole story →

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Blue states set to trigger fresh minimum wage hikes with pay floors more than double federal rateDeep-blue Washington pushes its nation-leading minimum wage to $17.73 as Seattle hits $22.14, sparking debate over labor costs and job losses.

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Microsoft’s Anti-American Policies“The numbers, Mason! What do they mean?” shout the interrogators in “Call of Duty: Black Ops.” When Xbox announced another round of layoffs last week, the numbers meant something simple: more Americans out of work. Xbox’s parent company, Microsoft, is undermining President Donald Trump’s “America First” and “Worker First” agenda by firing its American…

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