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Educator Voices February 04 2025

Educator Voice: How CTE can give students a head start on career development

To celebrate Career and Technical Education Month, hear from two experts on ways CTE programs prepare students for life and the workforce

Volkswagen factory workers' unionization vote results watch party in Chattanooga

Daily News Lesson April 22 2024

Tennessee Volkswagen plant unionizes in breakthrough for United Auto Workers

Learn why one plant in Tennessee voting to unionize represents a change in the power of labor in the U.S.

SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers on strike

Daily News Lesson September 26 2023

Striking Hollywood writers and studios close to agreement

SUMMARYWriters and the major studios reached a tentative deal after nearly five months of striking.…

PBS Strike

Daily News Lesson September 19 2023

United Auto Workers go on strike

Learn why car companies haven't paid their workers more over the years

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain meets with striking UAW members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, as they picket in Delta Township

Lesson Plan September 06 2023

6 facts about labor union history in the U.S.

Labor history is a key aspect of U.S. history — learn more about it here!

dolores-huerta-farm-labor-convention

Lesson Plan August 01 2023

Lesson plan: Dolores Huerta — a lifetime of activism

Learn about activist Dolores Huerta, who has spent her life trying to change and educate people on oppressive labor systems

Deadline for railroads to reach tentative deals with unions

Daily News Lesson November 30 2022

House passes bills to stop railroad strike, give rail workers more paid sick leave

Lesson includes ADDITIONAL NEWS STORIES for students to choose from for November 30, 2022

nurse

Daily News Lesson September 19 2022

Why 15,000 nurses went on strike in Minnesota

Learn why thousands of nurses are striking in one state

Flags of the U.S., Canada and Mexico fly next to each other in Detroit, Michigan

Daily Video October 09 2018

Inside the new trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada

What's in the new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal that replaced NAFTA? In this lesson, students will strengthen their understanding of economics and trade negotiations.

goldminers

Daily Video February 20 2015

Child gold miners suffer health effects of dangerous work

Workers are often exposed to mercury throughout the refinement process, sometimes breathing it in directly.

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