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WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in August, another sign the U.S. labor market remains strong despite higher interest rates — perhaps too strong for the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve.

Donald Trump told us in 2016 he would stand with workers. He lied. The difference now is that he has a record he can’t hide from. And that record was catastrophic for workers.

“WGA has reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP,” the guild said in an email to members. “This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who joined us on the picket lines for over 146 days.”

NYSUT President Melinda J. Person issued the following statement in response to Thursday's Orange County bus crash. The bus was carrying students and educators from the Farmingdale school district.

The state Health Department has asked a Nassau judge to appoint an emergency caretaker to operate Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in Woodbury, Long Island's second-largest nursing home, as the state seeks to revoke its operating permit, citing conditions that are “danger

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — President Joe Biden grabbed a bullhorn on the picket line Tuesday and urged striking auto workers to “stick with it” in an unparalleled show of support for organized labor by a modern president.