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The Labor Movement Has a Game Plan for the Biden Era

Leave a Comment / PRO Act, unions / By max cyril

As the Democrats take control of the White House and both houses of Congress amid overlapping national crises, labor leaders say it is now more critical than ever that Washington deliver significant material gains for the working class. Democrats partly owe their recent electoral victories in places like Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia to the extensive get-out-the-vote efforts of unions …

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Working Life Episode 193: The States Go Broke; The Democratic Convention Approaches

Leave a Comment / economy / By max cyril

The pandemic has ripped a hole through every state budget in the country to the tune collectively of over $550 billion. That red ink is more than half a trillion dollars in money states won’t have—which translates into millions of people losing their jobs, services being decimated that we all rely on, attacks against people …

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The Culinary Workers Run Vegas. The Politicians Are Just Visiting.

2 Comments / Strike, unions / By max cyril

It was the politicians that turned the picket line chaotic. Not the workers. The workers knew just what they were doing. Hundreds and hundreds of them, in their red Culinary Union T-shirts, stretched out down West Flamingo Road in front of the Palms Casino, just off the Vegas Strip last Wednesday. They marched a few …

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So MANY Op-Eds Pushing Corporate “Free Trade”

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

Bernie Sanders’ and Donald Trump’s campaign criticisms of our country’s disastrous trade policies are resonating with voters. In response there has been a flurry – a blizzard – of op-eds from noted celebrity, “establishment” pundits, explaining that moving millions of jobs out of the country is good for us because it means lower prices for …

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Democracy in Action, from the Coffeehouse to the Statehouse

Leave a Comment / economy, unions / By max cyril

Watching another politician visit a local diner on the campaign trail, I couldn’t help but notice the irony of politicians—who, research shows, have become exponentially wealthier than the average American family—claiming to understand the daily challenges facing the middle class. Outside of the campaign trail, do our elected officials know what it’s like to have …

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Company Denies Creating Jobs in Indiana Because of Anti-Union Law

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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has been bragging about a secret list. It’s the list of companies that he claims are thinking about moving to Indiana and creating jobs there because of the passage of the state’s new right to work free rider law, and it’s 28 companies long, three of them supposedly committed to moving …

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Employee Rights Short Takes: GOP Private Club Sued For Race Discrimination, Latino Discrimination On The Rise And More

Leave a Comment / discrimination / By max cyril

It’s a political week, so here are a few short takes – admittedly- with a political twist:: GOP Social Club Sued For Racial Discrimination The National Republican Club of Capitol Hill, an exclusive club known to be the place where the DC Republican “backroom deals” get made, is being sued for race discrimination by its …

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