2020 candidates

Major union announces $150 million campaign to beat Trump

A 2 million-member union will be making its largest-ever investment in a presidential election this year—and for good reason. The Service Employees International Union announced plans to spend $150 million to defeat Donald Trump and turn the tide in what Mary Kay Henry, the union’s president, calls “a make-or-break” for workers. ”He’s systematically unwinding and attacking unions. Federal workers rights …

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Trump Is Waging a War On Labor Unions, But You Wouldn’t Know It from CNN’s Dem Debate

Leave a Comment / labor / By max cyril

Last night, CNN and the New York Times co-hosted a Democratic debate in Westerville, Ohio—and even by the standards of the mainstream media, the omissions were glaring. There were no questions about police violence, affordable housing, Israel, or the climate crisis. However, there was a softball question about friendship inspired by the bond between Ellen …

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Here’s Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Labor

Leave a Comment / labor / By max cyril

FOR A FEW DAYS IN APRIL, a grocery store chain in New England magnetically attracted Democratic presidential hopefuls. Thousands of Stop & Shop workers were on strike in the biggest private-sector walkout in years. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South Bend, Ind.), former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) all joined picket lines to …

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Will 2020 Be the Year Presidential Candidates Actually Take Labor Issues Seriously?

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Call it a sin of omission, but the historic decline of labor union power was on full display during recent CNN town hall meetings with 2020 Democratic presidential aspirants Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar. All three nationally televised forums featured questions on a range of issues from students, nonprofit directors, community leaders …

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2020 candidates

Major union announces $150 million campaign to beat Trump

Trump Is Waging a War On Labor Unions, But You Wouldn’t Know It from CNN’s Dem Debate

Here’s Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Labor

Will 2020 Be the Year Presidential Candidates Actually Take Labor Issues Seriously?

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