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It appears a steelworkers strike is being averted, at least for now.

Members of the local steelworkers union rallied in front of the Allegheny Ludlum plant in the South End of New Bedford Thursday. The industry-wide union contract with the steel manufacturer is set to expire on June 30. Local USW 1357 Vice President Donald Rei tells WBSM News Allegheny Ludlum is looking to turn the clock back 40 years in terms of negotiations...

Dozens of Tobey Hospital workers picketed outside the Wareham hospital Friday afternoon to demand fair wages from parent company Southcoast Health.

After being ratified by the city officials and the New Bedford Educators Association last week, the School Committee made their decision to approve the union's one year contract extension Monday night.

The New Bedford Educators Association has ratified a contract between the City and the teachers. Union members met for about an hour at Keith Middle School Tuesday afternoon, to hear union leaders present a tentative contract that had been negotiated over the past several weeks...

The Whaling City Festival has been significantly downsized, and is now going by a different name. The New Bedford Police Union stepped in to sponsor what is now the New Bedford Kids Weekend Carnival after the Whaling City Festival Committee was unable to attract enough vendors due to a lack of planning time...

An investigatory meeting slated for today between the headmaster of New Bedford High School and teacher Joanne Maura has once again been postponed. The Superintendent's office says today's postponement was requested by the teacher's union...

Mayor Jon Mitchell maintains he sees and understands the frustrations of teachers as the "turnaround plan" at New Bedford High School is implemented. Mitchell authored an op-ed piece published in Wednesday's Standard Times, detailing what he would have said if he were afforded the opportunity to address the crowd at a teacher-organized rally last Friday...

Nearly forty people gathered at the corner of Sixth and Elm Streets in New Bedford Wednesday afternoon, standing in support of immigration reform. May 1st marked International Workers' Day, a day that typically highlights the contributions of union and immigrant workers...

Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health released a report Thursday highlighting the deaths. The report found falls and motor vehicle incidents were among the leading causes of deaths...