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Support for this podcast and the following message come from the NPR Wine Club, which has generated over $1.75 million to support NPR programming. Whether buying a few bottles or joining the club, you can learn more at nprwineclub.org slash podcast. Must be 21 or older to purchase. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Striking machinists at Boeing will vote later today in the company's latest contract offer. As NPR's Joe Rose reports, the union's leadership is backing the most recent proposal to end

the week's long strike. The biggest cheers for Trump were around the issue of undocumented immigrants. Boeing's latest proposal would boost wages by 38 percent over four years, along with a $12,000 ratification bonus. Union members voted down two previous proposals from the company. The strike, now in its eighth week, has halted production at Boeing's factories in the Pacific Northwest. This time, union leaders are endorsing the offer, saying it's time to, quote, lock in

these gains and confidently declare victory. In a message to employees, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg urged all of the union's 33,000 members to vote on the proposal. Quote, it's time we all come back together and focus on rebuilding the business and delivering the world's best airplanes, he wrote. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. Former President Donald Trump held his final campaign rally in the battleground state of Georgia on Sunday night.

Raul Bali with Member Station WABE reports that it included a focus on an issue central to his campaign. The biggest cheers for Trump were around the issue of undocumented immigrants blaming them for crime and unemployment. The day I take the oath of office, the migrant invasion ends and the restoration of our country begins immediately. Many attendees at this rally are part of the more than four million Georgians that have already voted. The message from many of the speakers, including Trump, was to get more

supporters to the polls. But this isn't a rally, you know what this is. This is a request to tell everybody just to go, please just go and vote on Tuesday. Trump's running mate, Vice Presidential nominee, JD Vance, will rally in the Atlanta area Monday. For NPR News, I'm Raul Balli in Macon, Georgia. Election day is tomorrow and candidates and their surrogates spent the weekend hitting crucial swing states including Pennsylvania. As Kat Bolas from Member Station WVIA reports, the award-winning musician John Legend spent the day campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris in Scranton. As a 16 year old college student, Legend took a job as the choir and music director at Scranton's Bethel AME Church. He returned Sunday to encourage the small congregation to vote for Harris. We can choose leaders ready to act on behalf of our communities.

He also spoke to Harris supporters at the Black Scranton Project, a nonprofit that promotes arts and cultural history. And she knows what you are asking for, what the community is calling for, and she's going to go to work every day trying to solve your problems. Both Harris and former President Donald Trump are battling for Pennsylvania, a major swing state where they are tied in the polls. Both are set to visit the state ahead of election day. For NPR News, I'm Kat Bolles in Scranton.

And this is NPR. At least nine people have been killed over the past several days by a series of volcanic eruptions on the Indonesian island of Flores. Officials have raised the danger level for the area, and they've also widened the danger zone. An eruption on Monday local time spewed brown ash some 6,000 feet into the air, and hot ashes started fires in a nearby village. Tension over this week's presidential election is showing up in the workplace.

As NPR's Murillo Aspin reports, employers are reporting that they have many distracted workers. We spend about a third of our lives at work. So it's often hard to leave our feelings about politics at home. But in this contentious election, disagreements over politics have sent workplace incivility to an all-time high. It's getting hot out here. That's Johnny C. Taylor Jr. He runs a group of human resources managers called SHRM, which is tracking the skyrocketing workplace tensions over politics. It estimates that employers are losing more than $2 billion a day in productivity as a result. The solution? That has to come from within. HR executives say

it might not be practical to ban political conversations at work. Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York. It was a bad debut weekend for the Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Robert Zemeckis reunion flick The Movie Here brought in just $5 million. Venom, The Last Dance, meanwhile, remained in the top spot for a second weekend, pulling in 26.1 million dollars domestically, adding in the international take in the latest in the Venom franchise has brought in more than 300 million dollars. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels with over 300 independent

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