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The state has detected high levels of a carcinogenic heavy metal at a West Islip Superfudn site, four years after a cleanup of the area.

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Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su says workers at southern auto plants should be free to unionize without employer or political interference, even as some southern states pass new laws meant to inhibit organized labor.

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