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Trump's Supreme Court's Next Attack: Collective Bargaining
Just months after the Supreme Court ruled against public sector unions, in the Janus v. AFSCME case, the next big attack on unions may be coming before the court.
Keep the Postal Service in Public Hands
During a tense week recently, pipe bombs mailed to former President Barack Obama, actor Robert De Niro, the offices of CNN and at least a dozen other targets dominated the news. These overtly...
Bernie Sanders Proposes the Stop Walmart Act
Many politicians like Trump have touted the “strong” economy. They claim that since Wall St. seems to be hitting record highs every day, the economy must be doing well, yet many Americans...
Trump's Trade Deal In Danger
Trump's trade deal may be in trouble unless he can convince the AFL-CIO to get behind it. Read more from Politico below.
It's Time to Fire Nancy Pelosi
In January a new Congress will be seated, a new party will be in power and hopefully a new leader will be presiding over it. What the Democrats need is fresh, new leadership that better represents...
Takeaways from the 2018 Midterms
Democrats may have taken back the House, but the icing on the cake for UCOMM during yesterday’s Mid-term election was Scott Walker getting defeated in Wisconsin. The AFL-CIO’s press...
NBC Airs Blatantly Racist Ad
Yesterday NBC ran the following Trump ad in Primetime that was so racist a number of TV stations have refused to air it. It is so bad we have to link to Twitter for you to see it: CNN refused...
The Resurgence of Trump's Hateful Nation
With a rise in hate speech, we need to rebuke bias everywhere. Read more from Cathy Young
Losses Due to Janus are Low
Politico is reporting that Teacher's Unions around the country are saying that not only are they not losing members from Janus, but teachers are fired up and helping out more on this year's...
O'Malley Stumps for Labor Candidates
Governor Martin O’Malley came to Long Island New York today to stump for three labor candidates. Liuba Grechen Shirley, who is running to unseat Congressman Peter King, State Senator John...