EPI: GOP Plan Is Tax Cut For The Rich – Does Nothing For Middle Class

The Economic Policy Institute says if Republicans get their tax overhaul plan it the rich will get big tax cuts while the middle class will get only small crumbs. EPI Budget Analyst Hunter Blair.

[Hunter Blair]: “The bottom line is that it’s clear that this is not a tax plan for the middle class. This does nothing for the middle class. All of the big tax cuts are going to the rich and large corporations.”

Three Worker Class Action Suits Allege Menards Labor Law Violations, Wage Theft

In three separate class action lawsuits Menards workers are accusing the company of essentially stealing overtime wages by violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Teamsters Sending Truckers To Puerto Rico To Help Distribute Humanitarian Aid

Snyder Appointees On Michigan Civil Service Commission Undermine Collective Bargaining For State Workers

“Unconscionable” – Labor Hall Of Honor Adding Union-Busting President Reagan

The union representing workers at the U.S. Department of Labor is up in arms over plans to induct former U.S. President Ronald Reagan into the Labor Department’s Hall of Fame.

Grinnell Dining Workers Launch Campaign To Represent All Student Campus Workers

“A Huge Victory”: Tennessee Electrolux Workers Secure First Contract

Bill To Combat Rampant Wage Theft In California’s Construction Industry Now On Governor’s Desk

Study: Profits Are Soaring, But American Workers Won’t See Much Of It

AFL-CIO PRESIDENT RICHARD TRUMKA IN NYC: “THEY WON’T INJURE LOCAL 3 WITHOUT TAKING ALL OF US ON!”

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was among the thousands rallying in New York Monday in support of nearly two thousand electrical workers on strike against telecommunications giant Charter Communications since March of this year. Dozens of other unions and community groups joined International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 Monday afternoon for a massive march and rally.

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