Tag: labor
The PRO Act will help rebuild the middle class
The PRO Act finally would protect workers from the threats and mind games of corporate bullies.
How Trump’s trade policies failed workers
Bad trade costs millions of American jobs. Trump’s brand of deal-making won’t bring them back.
How economic despair drives workers to their deaths
Corporate executives and Senate Republicans refuse to do the right thing, even if that means fueling Americans’ despair and sending more workers to early graves.
How Trump is abandoning workers
As long as the Trump administration hobbles OSHA, more American workplaces will become disaster zones and deathtraps
Underfunding labor & delivery: A national disgrace that discriminates against women’s...
Is getting born any less of a right than the “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” set piece that buttresses our opening national gambit?
A bold new idea to boost wages
I’m talking about expanding something called the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. And although it’s been around for decades, it can be the basis of a revolutionary change in the lives of millions of people.
The soaring cost of US child care, in 5 charts
This spike in costs has broad implications, including leading fewer families to have children.
The indignity of work without pay
“Dignity of work means hard work should pay off for everyone, no matter who you are or what kind of work you do. . . dignity of work is a value that unites us all.”
‘Historic day for American unions:’ Los Angeles teachers strike earns victory...
"This fight was won with union power AND community power."
Federal employees’ union sues Trump administration as 420,000 work without pay...
The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, says it’s illegal for federal workers to be forced to work without pay.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.