America Needs $4.6 Trillion To Fix Infrastructure But Trump Offers Just $200B

AFL-CIO Government Affairs Representative Tom Trotter says the labor federation was hopeful it could work with Trump on at least one thing - a trillion dollar infrastructure investment.

The People's Summit Convenes In Chicago For A 'People's Agenda'

The People's Summit convenes in Chicago this weekend. Senator Bernie Sanders is headlining the event, billed as "Beyond Resistance: A People’s Movement for a Just World".

70% Of Californians Back Medicare For All Single Payer Healthcare Bill For Their State

Seventy percent of Californians support creating Medicare for all single payer health care statewide. That's according to a new poll done from May 25th to May 29th.

Carrier - Where Trump Claimed To Save 1000 Jobs - Is Cutting 600 Jobs By Christmas

Carrier - the company where Trump claimed to have saved 1100 jobs in Indianapolis - is cutting 600 jobs by Christmas.

Steelworkers 1199 President Chuck Jones said at the time Trump did convince Carrier to keep 800 jobs, but he lied about saving 1100.

Driverless Trucks Could Cost 4.4 Million Jobs By 2030

Are you ready for sharing the road driverless freight trucks? A new report from the International Transport Forum says the technology is coming and it could cost 4.4 million trucking jobs by 2030.

California Low-Wage Workers Lose $2B A Year To Wage Theft

The Economic Policy Institute says California low-wage workers lose $2 billion a year to employer wage theft. That's how much it costs minimum wage workers when employers violate minimum wage and overtime laws. On average, EPI says, workers who should be getting the minimum wage are losing $64 a week - roughly $3300 a year.

CWA 3176 Up With Century Tel Does Not Care Web Site - Strike Is Authorized

CWA Local 3176 has launched a web site called centuryteldoesnotcare.com to explain what workers at Century Tel are fighting for in a new labor contract. The local rejected the company''s latest offer and has authorized a strike.

Majority Of Charter School Teachers At Cesar Chavez School In DC Want To Go Union

The American Federation of Teachers says a "decisive majority" of teachers have filed a petition with the NLRB to have a union election at Cesar Chavez Prep Middle school in Washington, D.C.

OPEIU Hauls Menards Stands Before A Judge For First Time On Federal Labor Law Violations

Menard's - the midwest home improvement chain owned by billionaire Scott Walker supporter John Menard - is on trial for breaking federal labor law. The National Labor Relations Board trial starts Wednesday in Minneapolis. Menard's is accused of mis-classifying truckers as independent contractors rather than employees to avoid granting the workers labor law protections and rights. OPEIU's Seth Goldstein brought the case.

Workers Battle Concessions, Legislative Attacks - 'This Is Not Connecticut, It's Arkansas'

Connecticut public workers are facing demands from Democrat Governor Dan Malloy for $700 million in concessions. At the same time public worker unions there are contending with dozens of anti-union bills from Republicans in the state legislature. Here's Lori Pelletier, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, speaking at a legislative hearing about the attack on collective bargaining and unions in one of America's richest states.

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