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Tax Cuts Create Layoffs, Not Jobs These companies claimed the GOP tax bill would ‘boost jobs.’ Now they’re laying off employees. ThinkProgress: "In the lead-up to the enactment of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, Donald Trump’s massive tax cut that mostly benefited rich...
GM, Jobs, and Corporate America’s Incentive to Exploit
On Monday morning, November 26, the auto giant General Motors announced plans to shut down production at five plants in the United States and Canada and shear off 15 percent of the company’s salaried jobs. The moves will cost 14,700 GM workers their livelihood. The...
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WI GOP Votes To Curb Democracy Wisconsin lawmakers reject bill to protect pre-existing conditions, set to scale back Democrats' power. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: "Just before the sun rose Wednesday, Republicans in the state Senate by a one-vote margin approved...
How This Grinch Steals Democracy
Someone forgot to tell Republicans that Holidays are about giving to others, not to themselves. We saw this last year, when they queued up to give themselves a giant tax cut for Christmas. This year, the Grinch wants to steal democracy, too. Right now, the GOP is...
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Dems Move Women Into Leadership Roles Democratic women are replacing men in leadership positions. Axios: "Democrats are moving women into leadership roles in key party organizations, including the campaign arms for national and state races — and even in the moderate...
What Teacher Walkouts Changed in Our Politics
Even before the votes from the recent midterm elections were completely counted – a process that took nearly two weeks in many races – numerous prominent news outlets were quick to report on the supposed failure of the "education wave," those school teachers and...
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Trump Backs Away From Shutdown Trump assents to shutdown delay. Politico: "President Donald Trump and congressional leaders are getting ready to punt on a major shutdown fight over Trump's border wall for at least a week. The president said he would back a two-week...
Leveling Up And Down
Massive, disruptive change is happening in the world economy. Up to half of all current workers, both white and blue collar, could be driven into unemployment by technology. Automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are fueling a new industrial...
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GOP Pushes Children Out Of Health Coverage Number of U.S. Children Without Health Insurance Grew in 2017 for the 1st Time in Almost a Decade. Fortune: "The economy is strong, unemployment is down, and yet the number of uninsured children in the U.S. is up. According...
Workers Petition Congress: Protect Our Pensions
The total number of workers at risk is 1.2 million. In my union, the United Steelworkers (USW), 100,000 are threatened. Daryl A. Bugbee of Olivet, Mich., is one of them. He wrote Congress’ Joint Select Committee on Multiemployer Pensions on Aug. 8: “I am the father of...
