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Last time I checked, the Dems didn't whip Manchin to a no vote. I take that as a failure.
Amazon, the country’s second-largest employer, has so far remained immune to any attempts by U.S. workers to form a…
The HP Tango X, a compact home printer which is trying incredibly hard to be contemporary and relevant, is actually…
A new pop-up museum in Atlanta will feature an exhibit dedicated exclusively to trap music—and none other than one…
The New York Times’ Upshot blog has a depressing look today at Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirements, which earlier…
In much of the US, the mere mention of tax increases will prompt cries of “Socialism! Venezuela!” Meanwhile, in the…
It feels like America’s working class has been losing the class war for as long as we can remember. But it has one…
It wasn’t just the right attacking unions.
President Carter prepared the grounds for Reagan’s attacks on unions - his use of the Taft Hartley Act against the coal miners and deregulation of trucking and the airlines.
Also, on a local level, Democratic Party politicians were responsible for breaking the unions in…
This is a basic income rant, so if that doesn’t appeal to you don’t bother reading!
“At the end of the day, if you look at who the big beneficiaries are of the recent tax reform bill, it does feel like the investor class not just tolerated Donald Trump, but was complicit in that trend because they saw that there was a personal and class benefit. They couldn’t win fair and square—an establishment…
The problem is we do not all stand together. Union leaders go Democrat, while there members go Republican. They voted for both. The ‘rich fuckers’ play their games with donations to both political parties. We need a true labor party (or strong third party) in America. Without it, all votes, union dues, donations to…
Yup.
Oh, I think a lot of them bought the fantasy that the factories—many of which closed 30-40 years ago—were magically going to start coming back. They’re not gonna come back to Ohio or Michigan or Wisconsin, though. Texas and the Carolinas, sure. Maybe even northeast Pennsylvania or the Virginia Piedmont. Not the Rust…
They’re a damn joke now. Randi Weingarten just looks like an idiot. Who can take her seriously? It’s obvious she cares more about her power and influence in Democratic circles than her membership.
Unions only mean something if their members speak up with the power their voices give them. Period. You elect your leaders. You elect your representatives in your local. If they’re not doing what’s best for you and yours, kick their asses out. Each union has a constitution. Each union has a method in place for…
The guy in the article admits it. [sic] “Bernie’s message was right, and it’s what we will be saying. But we went with Clinton because she was the darling.”
They care a lot of about getting endorsements from them. The problem is a union endorsement is just a few guys at the top releasing a statement. What they need is more support from union members and less support from union leaders.
Stuart Appelbaum, the head of the most powerful retail workers union in America, swears he is optimistic. Why?