politics
Senate Dems propose big pay hike for frontline anti-pandemic workers
April 8, 2020Senate Democrats’ plans for the next big economic stimulus bill include a big pay hike for frontline workers.
Read moreLawmakers slam Trump rules curbing paid sick leave
April 7, 2020New Trump administration emergency rules for paid sick and family leave for workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have so many restrictions and loopholes that the two top congressional sponsors of the measure sent an angry...
Read moreWisconsin election jeopardizes both democracy and life itself
April 6, 2020The reality, however, is that going ahead with an election is nothing less than a double-barreled shot fired at the people of Wisconsin.
Read moreTrump “has blood on his hands,” says Pulitzer-winning Boston Globe
April 2, 2020The editorial board cites the president for a “colossal failure of leadership” and says, “Come November there must be a reckoning for the lives lost.”
Read moreLots of cash, including pro-worker cash; very little pro-worker policy
March 27, 2020The $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic impact bill Congress President Donald Trump says he will sign contains a lot of pro-worker cash – and very little pro-worker policy.
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