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Op-Ed: Trump is Unfit to be President
This important editorial was written by a "Senior Trump Official" for the New York Times. The official questions whether Trump is even fit to be President and describes an effort by...
Trump's Kavanaugh: How his Pick has Hurt Organized Labor
The Senate began hearings today for the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Over the last few months there has been a lot of media coverage around this, even UCOMM Blog covered his...
Trying to "Tweet Shame" Unions on Labor Day
Trump never seems to take a day off from tweeting or attacking his "enemies." On Labor Day, he sent the following tweet about AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Richard Trumka, the...
Despite What Trump Says, NAFTA is Not Fixed
After the Trump administration announced on Monday a preliminary agreement with Mexico on reworking the NAFTA trade deal, CWA President Chris Shelton pointed out that there is much more work left...
Understanding What Co-Determination Is
Reforms can be radical one day, then common sense the next. The most popular reforms of the past century, such as collective bargaining rights and Social Security, started that way. How many times...
Democrats Need to Embrace their Union Roots
If Democrats want to win, they might want to head this advice and embrace their union roots.
Deporting a "Patriotic Spouse"
Trump is now deporting the family members of our soliders, more from the AP below.
We Need Two New Presidents
I feel stupid even talking about this, but it must be addressed. Newsmax reported, and Fox News and a host of other news outlets later recycled - that the very weathered AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka...
Could the AFL-CIO Endorse Trump?
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says that the AFL-CIO could endorse Trump in 2020. More from Fox News below.
DeVos and Trump Charged with Union Busting
The ongoing saga between the Trump administration and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) took another turn this week when the Education Department and anti-union Secretary Betsy...