• Senate fails to advance scaled-back version of ACA. • Opinion: A better deal for American workers. • No, unions have not outlived their usefulness. Share. • Report: $15 minimum would give 41 million raises. • This week in history: US minimum wage rises to $7.25. • Dependence in America: Our national opioid crisis deepens. • Republican offers bill to reverse controversial labor rule. • How a father’s tragedy moved the Teamsters to fight opioid distribution. • Teamsters pose hard questions for company at the center of opioid crisis. • Justice Dept. weighs in against protections for gays in the workplace.