Tyrone C. Housey looks across the country and sees teachers walking out of schools, workers fighting unfair labor practices and regular attacks coming from President Donald Trump's administration.And he feels encouraged.“Unions are still relevant,” he said. “They still matter.”Housey is the president of UFCW Local 1459. He helps represent workers from central and western Massachusetts, and is one of about 464,000 union members in the state, a [...]
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