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Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

24 Feb, 2020

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24 Feb, 2020

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Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.”  Has he kept this promise?

Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

Some Striking Numbers

18 Feb, 2020

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18 Feb, 2020

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Some Striking Numbers

Today, strikes are back—among teachers, hotel workers, auto workers, supermarket employees, and disconsolate Google-ites, among others.

Some Striking Numbers

Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense

10 Feb, 2020

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10 Feb, 2020

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Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense

President Trump released a $4.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday that includes a familiar list of deep cuts to student loan assistance, affordable housing efforts, food stamps and Medicaid, reflecting Mr. Trump’s election-year effort to continue shrinking the federal safety net.

Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense

'Victory for Workers!': House Praised for Passing Landmark PRO Act to Strengthen Unions and Labor Rights

07 Feb, 2020

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07 Feb, 2020

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'Victory for Workers!': House Praised for Passing Landmark PRO Act to Strengthen Unions and Labor Rights

Union leaders and labor rights advocates applauded the Democrat-controlled U.S. House for passing landmark legislation Thursday night that supporters have called one of the most notable efforts to expand workers' rights in several decades.

'Victory for Workers!': House Praised for Passing Landmark PRO Act to Strengthen Unions and Labor Rights

The House Must Stand Up for Labor

The House Must Stand Up for Labor

06 Feb, 2020

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The House Must Stand Up for Labor

Support for the labor movement is the highest in nearly half a century, yet only one in 10 workers are members of unions today. How can both be true?

The House Must Stand Up for Labor

Washington Labor Leader Jackie Jeter Retiring

06 Feb, 2020

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06 Feb, 2020

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Washington Labor Leader Jackie Jeter Retiring

Longtime labor activist Jackie Jeter (ATU), president of the Metropolitan Washington [D.C.] Council, AFL-CIO, will retire at the end of January after a lifelong career in the labor movement.

Washington Labor Leader Jackie Jeter Retiring