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Connecticut State Police are investigating after a coach bus fire on Interstate 84 in Union. The fire happened on the eastbound side of the highway in the area of exit 74 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Troop C said all of the bus passengers and the driver were able to safely make it out of the bus, which caught fire near…

Troop C said they’re responding to a tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 84 in Union. The state Department of Transportation said the eastbound side of the highway is closed between exits 73 and 74. Police said one lane of traffic is closed. No injuries were reported. Officials remain at the scene investigating. No additional information was immediately available.

Some worry the mandate will lead to a shortage of workers at the start of the busy holiday travel season.

The federal government is requiring all federal workers, including TSA agents, comply with a vaccine mandate by November 22. That’s three days before Thanksgiving.

Interstate 84 east in Union has reopened after a car rollover on Saturday. Connecticut State Police said the left and center lanes of the eastbound side of the highway were closed. They have since reopened. The crash happened in the area of exit 73. The extent of injuries is unknown at this time.

The union representing film and television crews says its 60,000 members will begin a nationwide strike on Monday if it does not reach a deal that satisfies demands for fair and safe working conditions.

A major Hollywood strike could be on the horizon for some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry.

The Teamsters, one of America’s largest labor unions, voted in favor of launching a national effort to unionize Amazon workers at a virtual convention Thursday, NBC News reports. The national effort, laid out in a resolution, will involve creating and funding a dedicated Amazon division to help workers in its logistics business, including warehouse workers and delivery drivers, to organize...

Amazon appears to have enough votes to block a union effort at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. The company crossed the threshold to secure a majority of votes, with 1,700 warehouse workers voting against the union and 700 voting in favor. The National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process, is finalizing the count of the remaining uncontested votes.

Nearly 6,000 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are deciding whether they want to form a union, the biggest union push in the online shopping giant’s history

Connecticut State Police have canceled a Silver Alert for a 1-year-old boy who was missing from Union. Authorities said Leland Macfeat had been missing since Monday and was possibly with his non-custodial mother, 28-year-old Teagan Palmer. The Silver Alert was canceled on Monday morning. Troopers have not released details about where Macfeat was found. Anyone with any information is urged…

A man from Danielson has died after a motorcycle crash in Union on Sunday afternoon. State police said 29-year-old Kyle Gilbert, of Danielson, was traveling eastbound on Lawson Road, also known as Route 197, in Union just before the Woodstock town line shortly before 4 p.m. Gilbert lost control of his motorcycle, went off the eastbound side of the road…

Police are investigating a serious injury crash involving a motorcycle in Union. The crash happened Saturday afternoon on Lawson Road, according to police. Police said serious injuries were reported in the crash. Troopers are still at the scene and are investigating. Lawson Road is closed between Route 171 and the Woodstock town line because of a one-car crash, according to…

Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a heated exchange with a Fiat-Chrysler worker in Detroit, Michigan. The worker said Biden was trying to strip away his Second Amendment rights. Biden responded that he would call for an assault weapon ban, not a ban on all weapons.

Interstate 84 East is closed in Union because of a tractor-trailer fire on the highway in Sturbridge, Mass, according to the state Department of Transportation. The eastbound side of the highway is closed at Exit 74 and traffic is stopped from exit 73. Massachusetts state police Tweeted that no injuries are reported. The left lane is open in Massachusetts. Take…