Pensions
Federal worker unions and retiree groups blast Trump pension cuts
May 11, 2018The cuts, which would hit retirees as well as current feds, would – combined with Trump’s pay freeze – also harm future hiring.
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Chris Christie sunbathes after fleecing New Jersey’s residents
July 5, 2017That budget shuffling and money grab endanger workers’ jobs and state residents’ insurance coverage.
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The corporate choice—create real value or grand fortunes
June 22, 2017If downsizings and mergers don’t do the trick, CEOs can always just slash worker pensions and/or cut budgets for R&D and put the resulting “savings” into dividends and “buybacks,” two slick corporate maneuvers that jack up...
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Van Jones at People’s Summit: Progressives must engage Trump voters
June 10, 2017“I may not like how you voted but you are my brother and I don’t want you to die. By sticking together all of us will win.”
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White House budget trashes federal workers’ jobs
May 30, 2017"Gutting middle-class federal employees’ retirement security to make way for billionaire tax cuts is not how you make America great again.”
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