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Move to Take Away 30 Day Union Elections
Since January, Trump and Republicans across the country have been working to weaken gains that unions made during the Obama Presidency. A National Right to Work law was introduced, numerous...
The Construction Trade Brain-Drain
Apprenticeships are an important path to middle class jobs. While some young people are better with the books and go to college, others learn a skilled trade through Apprenticeship Programs....
How We Impeach the "President"
The drums of impeachment are beating as the ties between Trump, his closest advisors, and the Russians come out. While much of that information is still hazy, the Democratic Coalition against...
Mincing Micro Unions
In their continuing effort to make it harder to organize, Senate Republican’s have introduced a bill to repeal the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision to allow so called Micro Unions...
Why did the Military Vote for Trump
I have some family in the military. Any day now they could be sent off to foreign soils to defend our many freedoms. In the past, we found comfort in knowing that if that was the case, it was well...
Stop Trump from Killing Bank Watchdog
Congress will vote on Wall Street's "CHOICE ACT" in the next few days. The 'Choice Act' would dramatically weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau(CFPB), which recently...
Using the NLRB to Break Unions
Now that Trump has submitted the names of two union busters for the National Labor Relations Board, will he transform the board from a group that helps workers to one that attacks workers?
Organizing the Proud and Embarrassed
A buddy of mine is a good writer, so good that a major Newspaper pays for him to write columns. We are both on the same side politically, but when he writes he has to be “objective” and...
Pence's Clandestine Right to Work Push
In Trump’s war on unions, he has enlisted two union busters to launch a campaign that will create a National Right-to-Work Law. The two lieutenants, Vice President Mike Pence and...
How Trump will Tank our Economy
Today we learned that the Food Stamp budget was cut by 25%. A majority of food stamp recipients are poor whites, the very people that voted to send this con artist to the White House. Now, Trump and...