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Senate prepares budget blueprint to ram through tax cut for rich
October 20, 2017“The budget would make it harder for children to get a decent education, harder for families to put food on the table..."
Read moreWorking class tax cut? Nothing of the sort
October 3, 2017Any claim that Republicans were ever genuinely planning a “middle-class tax cut” should be thoroughly dismissed.
Read moreUnion leaders blast Janus case as effort to rig economy against workers
September 29, 2017WASHINGTON—Union leaders denounced the latest right-wing attempt to deprive workers and unions of money—via a Supreme Court case the justices have agreed to hear—as “a blatant attack to rig the economy against workers,” as Laborers President...
Read moreSenate adds management lawyer after Trump names union buster to NLRB
September 27, 2017Emanuel’s ascension gives the board, which governs labor-management relations in the private sector and in some parts of the public sector, a 3-2 GOP majority, at least for now. Board Chairman Philip Miscimarra, a Republican, will...
Read moreGOP’s last-ditch attempt would replace ACA with block grants
September 19, 2017Their latest repeal effort would turn almost all federal health spending into block grants, leaving states decide whom to serve and how to spend.
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