unions
Unions and workers get little attention in Democratic debates
July 2, 2019Twenty candidates and 41,800 words spoken. But among the words barely uttered: union, worker, labor, or employee.
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We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re union
June 28, 2019"You don't look like a union guy." It's a phrase that's been running through my mind all Pride month.
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Pro-worker Dems mistrust Trump, want worker rights written into ‘new NAFTA’
June 26, 2019"Go back to 1992-93, when NAFTA passed,” said Rep. Donald Norcross, D-N.J., an Electrical Worker. NAFTA proponents “promised we’d get more and better-paying jobs, but if you were a worker, you got royally screwed.
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NAFTA old and new — deals by the rich for the rich
June 20, 2019One percenters like Mick Mulvaney, self-dealing corporate honchos and fancy-pants corporate lobbyists negotiated the deals. Those fat cats claimed they spoke for labor. But when they opened their mouths, only the word profit emerged.
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Steelworkers organizer comes up with great anti-New NAFTA line
June 20, 2019“If ya can’t enforce it, why are ya gonna pass it?” she asks
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