Keeping Up the Fight
With states certifying their final votes from the November 3 election, what, if anything, was achieved for workers in this country? Was the needle moved in our favor, or was [...]
A steelworker makes the case: Election is about revitalizing unions, protecting retirement
For anyone confused on these points, we need only to look to labor’s history for lessons. Racist elements like the KKK, Proud Boys, and other white supremacists have always attacked [...]
It’s Time to Draw a Line in the Sand
Workers in this country have taken it on the chin repeatedly over the last 40 years. President Ronald Reagan began the silent war against workers amid loud attacks on Unions. [...]
Obamacare repeal would bring a huge tax cut for the rich, research shows
“The ACA expanded health care for low- and middle-income people and financed it largely with a tax increase on the rich,” Hanlon explained. “Repealing it would unwind all that. And [...]
What Is ALEC? Learn About the Organization Writing Your State Laws
“Money and influence often have the most-outsized effects early on in the process,” Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, associate professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University and author of the book [...]
The Election of a Lifetime
While Unions have reached a new high in favorability in the United States, they are still battling uphill against a mountain of money from big business and elected officials that [...]
Officials confirmed by Sen. Collins have been quietly killing labor protections under COVID
“The evening supervisor told me that everyone was in isolation due to a positive COVID resident, and (employees) had to share gowns,” one former employee of the nursing home told [...]
Nation’s biggest business lobby is behind Republicans’ push to shield employers from coronavirus liability
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform wrote draft legislation designed to shield companies from liability related to the pandemic and distributed it to state and federal lawmakers, [...]
Nevada rolls the dice
165,000 Americans have died, tens of millions are out of work, schools are not able to safely reopen, and testing capacity is woefully inadequate. But in the midst of the [...]
With Trump donor in charge, Postal Service may shut locations and cut service before Election Day
"It's just asinine to think that you can shut something down or throttle it back in terms of the pandemic when basically the lifeline for voting and democracy is going [...]