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Harvard Grad Workers Union Ballot Count Continues
The NLRB is expected to be counting the ballots in the Harvard grad worker union election Tuesday. The vote was held last week.
The votes haven't been counted yet due to ballot challenges. Counting resumes Tuesday to see if grad student workers will win the effort to join the UAW.
Gene M. Switzer, the NLRB's General Counsel, says there are roughly 3,500 votes. About a thousand of those were challenged and had to be addressed one by one.
Sen. Warren Vows Strong Fight For Workers, Against Bigotry
So what will Democrats, labor unions and their allies do when Republicans take over the federal government in January?
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is vowing to fight hard for working people and against bigotry just as most voters who gave Clinton the popular vote win want.
[Sen. Elizabeth Warren-D MA]: "We will fight harder, we will fight longer and we will fight more passionately than ever for the rights of every human being in this country to be treated with respect and dignity!
Trump Supporters In D.C. : Heil The People! Heil Victory!
The neo-Nazi "alt-right" and KKK couldn't be happier about the U.S. presidential election results.
In Washington D.C. over the weekend more than 200 neo-Nazis celebrated the Republican Electoral College presidential victory by railing against Jews and quoting Nazi propaganda in the original German.
Their message is that America belongs to white people.
They finished with their arms outstretched in the Nazi salute and shouts of "Heil the people! Heil victory!".
Trump Got 37 % Of Union Members' Votes, 43% Of Union Household Votes
Exit polling showed Trump got 43 percent of the union household vote with 51 percent from union households voting Clinton.
The AFL-CIO says that among union members - it was 56 percent for Clinton with Trump getting 37 percent.
Trump's union household vote percentage was three points higher than Mitt Romney's and Trump's union member vote percentage was four points higher than Romney's.
AFL-CIO: Election An Indictment Against Political Elites ,Anti-Worker Policies
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka says more than anything the presidential election was an indictment of politics as usual.
Trumka says for too long political elites embraced economic policies that "hold down wages, increase inequality, diminish opportunity and ship American jobs overseas."
Trump made many promises to workers on trade, restoring manufacturing and reviving communities. Trumka says the labor movement will work to make promises of better lives for working people real.
Manipulated Primary Gave Us A Weaker Candidate - But Fight Goes On
National Nurses United Co-President Deborah Burger says manipulation of the Democratic presidential primary by the DNC ended up nominating a candidate chosen by party leaders not by the people.
Polls consistently showed Bernie Sanders was the Democrat who would run stronger in the general election. But Burger says Clinton was chosen instead from the top down by the powers that be instead of fairly by the people.
Legislative Wrap Up 2016: This year California workers had major and historic wins.
The passage of a $15 minimum wage put California on the leading edge of a national movement to raise wages. The enactment of overtime for farmworkers and permanent overtime laws for domestic workers were long overdue reforms that help some of the lowest wage workers in the state build a better life for their families. These new laws will make a real difference in the lives of millions. We also took on some of the most powerful statewide interests.
Families USA On "Total War Footing" For ACA Repeal Fight
Families USA says Trump's election means it is on a "Total War Footing" in a fight to save the Affordable Care Act.
Twenty million Americans who didn't have it before got healthcare insurance under the ACA.
Families USA says pealing this law will have tragic consequences for tens of millions of people. The group says it will fight hard to try to stop the repeal.
'The Work of the Labor Movement Continues with Fresh Urgency': Trumka Statement on 2016 Election
Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following statement on the results of the 2016 presidential election:
Donald Trump has been elected president. America is a democratic nation, and the voters have spoken.
The AFL-CIO accepts the outcome of this election and offers our congratulations to President-elect Trump.
More than anything, this election is an indictment of politics as usual.