government shutdown
Union leader Shearon on shutdown: No private sector bosses as bad as Trump
February 6, 2019Shearon, whose union represents both public and private sector workers – including thousands of federal immigration judges and tens of thousands of Boeing aerospace workers – produced a pungent comparison between Trump’s lockout and lockouts launched...
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CPUSA labor group praises workers for shutting down the shutdown
February 6, 2019Communist Party Chair John Bachtell says the mass movement that defeated GOP President Donald Trump’s lockout/shutdown of parts of the federal government – ending the saga of leaving 800,000 workers unpaid for 35 days – was...
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Air traffic controllers: Shutdown left U.S. aviation system near collapse
January 29, 2019Describing President Trump’s actions as tantamount to “terrorism,” they say lives were in danger and it’s not over yet.
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San Francisco unions and community demand, ‘No More Shutdowns!’
January 29, 2019“I’m afraid I’m going to be right back here in three weeks, protesting another shutdown."
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Anti-worker venom fueled government shutdown
January 29, 2019Though the U.S. government has opened for business again, it is worthwhile to understand the anti-worker venom that motivated and prolonged Trump’s shutdown.
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