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Don’t buy the fear-mongering regarding Social Security

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Congress should expand earned benefits by having wealthy pay their fair share
The New York Times recently ran a headline sure to scare seniors:
Unfortunately, the author spoke mainly to sources who buy into a false right-wing narrative that benefit cuts are the only possible solution to Social Security’s long-term financing — a solution that depends on the fear that articles like this generate.

Here’s the truth: Social Secur

Senators Want Answers from VW about Union-Busting

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The automaker is holding captive audience meetings, while claiming to stay neutral in the union election
The controversy around a union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, TN. is nothing new. For years, the automaker has been fighting to stop the United Autoworkers from organizing the plant, while at the same time claiming that the company is staying neutral in negotiations. The car company even went so far as filing and winning a case before the NLRB to delay an upcoming union vote.  

What’s the Trump Scorecard on Workers’ Right? A Big, Fat “F”

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Donald Trump has been a disaster of a president in many ways. Women’s rights. Foreign affairs. Corruption. Scandal. We could go on and on. But how’s he doing on workers’ rights? Remember, he talked a big game about being pro-worker. Just like everything else, Trump was all talk when it came to protecting workers. As a new editorial in the NY Times lays out, he’s finding every way under the sun to screw working people.

Baltimore Teachers Unseat Incumbents, Who Demand a Do-Over

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What happens when new leaders run for office and beat an eight-term incumbent? In the Baltimore Teachers Union, it seems, the incumbent tries for a second bite at the apple.

A slate called “The Union We Deserve,” backed by two rank-and-file caucuses, ran for office this spring. Its platform was to open the union up to its own members and join with parents to fight for fully funded public schools.