Political Action

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) says Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey underscores the need "now more than ever" to protect public workers against political firings.

Comey led the FBI investigation into Trump campaign collusion with the Russians as the Russians attacked U.S. democracy during the 2016 election.

AFGE Policy Director Jacque Simon says the civil service system and union contracts protect public workers from politically motivated firings and punishment.

U.S Senator Bernie Sanders "We are here today to say as loudly and clearly as we can that we will not allow the earned pension benefits of up to ten million workers to be cut as much as 60 percent. Ain't gonna happen!"

The Economic Policy Institute says if the House GOP health insurance bill becomes law the vast majority of Americans will be poorer, less healthy and more financially insecure.

EPI says the bill cuts $900 billion from Medicaid, which would result in 14 million people losing health insurance.

EPI says a 64 year old making $20,790 a year would pay $12,900 more each year for health insurance under the GOP bill, plus higher deductibles and co-pays.

A Bloomingdale's union worker speaking at a rally in New York opined that; "We need a real living wage that allows us to support our families and to put bread and butter on our tables."

 Against a May 1st deadline, the RWDSU at Bloomingdale's in New York is fighting for a fair contract for 2000 retail workers, including commissions on sales that happen online after customer service delivered in the stores.Those commissions are the key demand in the Bloomingdale's labor talks.

Uncertainty in federal fiscal policy is creating a tenuous situation for U.S. jobs and the economy.  That’s the assessment of Howard University Professor William Spriggs, Chief Economist for the AFL-CIO:

 “Of course, we have a very unpredictable president and he has not appeared to champion causes that favor job creation so far and doesn’t seem to know how to work with congress…the agenda he has succeeded in moving so far has been to remove protections from workers.”

Former Los Angeles County Labor Federation Secretary Treasurer Maria Elena Durazo says "Resist, resist, resist. That's a pledge that more and more organizations and just individual people in this country are taking up. This is another moment - like the Women's March - to demonstrate that we oppose all of these steps frankly that are in the direction of fascism. And we won't stand for that in this country."

A federal judge on Friday expressed skepticism about portions of a Trump administration order which would halt federal funding to cities, counties and states which refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents.  A lawsuit was filed in January by the City of San Francisco and Santa Clara County, California, calling for an injunction on the order which threatens billions of dollars in federal aid nationwide to more than 300 “sanctuary” cities and counties.   The administration argued that the city and county do not have standing to challenge the order, as their fede

Did you notice the Wal-Mart tax as you paid your taxes this year? In case you missed it the Wal-Mart tax costs working taxpayers $6.2 billion a year.

With a B. Every year.

According to a 2014 report by Americans for Tax Fairness, Walmart gets an estimated $6.2 billion in subsidies every year, most from the Federal Government.

AFGE Council 238- a union representing EPA workers - says if EPA’s budget is really cut by the 31 percent Trump wants environmental protection will be crippled.

The Trump administration wants to cut EPA funding to the states while closing two of ten U.S. EPA regional offices.