Government

Dem senators fight to repay contract workers hurt by Trump shutdown

November 6, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Democratic senators, led by Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, Minnesota’s Tina Smith and lawmakers from the D.C. metro area, are renewing their push to provide back pay to low-wage workers.

Resolution opposing Cuba blockade moves ahead in New York City Council

November 6, 2019 By Gary Bono

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez said the blockade is a Cold War relic and condemned the Trump administration's re-introduction of harsh restrictions against Cuba.

Secret Trump memo details plans to destroy government workers’ unions

October 24, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The administration’s true goal is nothing less than the total elimination of collective bargaining for government workers.

One government worker’s perspective on fighting the Trump shutdown

December 28, 2018 By Lowell B. Denny, III

There is no strengthening of the labor movement to come from calling the switchboard of this White House unless your name is Rush Limbaugh or Anne Coulter.

Workers scramble to pay bills as Trump shutdown drags on

December 27, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

One union leader says, “If the president wants to gamble, perhaps he should go back to running casinos. Gambling with the lives of federal workers is not acceptable."