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The staffers want better wages and working conditions.

Full-time faculty have now secured collective bargaining rights at all but five of the state’s 16 community colleges.

A contingent of nurses filed a petition with the federal government.

Longshoremen along the East and Gulf Coast are picketing for higher wages and limits on automation.

Workers at nine colleges will see boosted wages and heat safety standards after years of advocacy.

Employees say low pay and long hours are driving factors.

The new contract boosts yearly wages, offers free transit passes and extends benefits to parents.

Members of Teachers and Researchers United, the graduate student union, say they’ve been negotiating with the university for nine months — and are still facing barriers.

The drivers are employed by Zum, a California-based company that signed a five-year contract with the school district in June. But the company has faced scrutiny from parents and school leaders since.

This is the latest effort by Maryland college staff unions to push for a system-wide contract with livable wages.