industry
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Renée Saldaña, a spokesperson for SEIU-UHW, characterized the lawsuit against the initiative as “a really desperate attempt by the clinic industry to try and avoid accountability.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Ruby said company finances seesaw because coal is a “boom and bust” industry.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Jason Miller, a logistics professor at Michigan State University, said the industry will now wait to see whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates following a strong April jobs report.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"We have to look at a genuine just transition and a genuine future for folk in Aberdeen that means diversifying the economy - not hanging on to a sunset industry," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The Oasis is an old boat, not built for passengers but for small industry, its hull rusted and its wooden siding peeling off of stripped nails.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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