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After crash, section of bridge over Northway to come down
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1of14Buy PhotoA view of the Sitterly Road overpass above Interstate 87 on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Clifton Park, N.Y. A truck towing a trailer with a boom lift and traveling south on I-87, struck the bridge Wednesday morning, resulting in all lanes of I-87 southbound to be shut down to traffic. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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State officials said a boom lift hit the Northway overpass above Sitterly Road in Clifton Park Wednesday morning, forcing State Police to close the highway for hours. This photograph shows the damage caused by the collision.New York State PoliceShow MoreShow Less
Missing payments and no help; Richmond woman describes experience with VEC as traumatizing
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RICHMOND, Va. In an email to the head of the Virginia Employment Commission, a Richmond woman described her experience as traumatizing, after she said payments stopped multiple times with no warning and no assistance.
In her email to Ellen Marie Hess in April, Keshia Eugene added that she was starving, and had lost all faith. The email came after Eugene said her unemployment payments had been stalled or missing, with little to no help from the VEC, three different times since May of 2020 most recently, in March when she got her last check..
Northway bridge crash firm has better-than-average safety record
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1of14Admar Construction Equipment & Supplies has an office in Latham near Albany International AirportLarry RulisonShow MoreShow Less
2of14Buy PhotoA view of the Sitterly Road bridge overpass on Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Clifton Park, N.Y. The bridge was struck on Wednesday causing damage to some of the beams, which resulted in all three southbound lanes of the Northway being closed to traffic. Supports have been installed under the bridge and the left and center lanes of the Northway have been reopened. The right lane remains closed and the Northway southbound on-ramp at Exit 9 is also closed. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Fight Over Right to Work Evokes History of Richmond Unions
In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign outside an Amazon facility where labor is trying to organize workers in Bessemer, Ala. Despite the strongest public support and the most sympathetic president in years, the American labor movement just suffered a stinging defeat. Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, overwhelmingly voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in much-anticipated election results announced Friday, April 9. (Photo: Jay Reeves/AP Photo)
Virginia has one of the lowest union membership rates of any state. In 2020, only 4.4% of Virginia workers were union members, fifth lowest in the nation. But unions have a long history in the commonwealth, flourishing around the turn of the 20th century in industrial Richmond and the coalfields of the Southwest before union density began to fall in the 1950s. �