Tag Archives: Destruction of the United States Working Class

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a reminder during these election times. Remember it was a Republican majority Senate that derailed Democratic legislation that would have provided $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation’s veterans.

Action, Political

Presidential Material?

October 14, 2015 Bob

Political

Sigh!

October 11, 2015 Bob

Action, Political, Retirement

John Kasich on Social Security cuts: ‘Get over it’

October 10, 2015 Bob

Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit on April 18, 2015, in Nashua, New Hampshire. The summit was attended by all the 2016 Republican candidates as well as those eying a run for the nomination. Click through for more on the political career of Kasich:

)—Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Friday that a New Hampshire audience member would “get over” cuts to Social Security payments as a result of his reform plan

Action, Corporate Greed, Political, Union, UPS

Socialist

October 9, 2015 George

Corporate Greed, Political

Not One Thing

October 8, 2015 Bob

Corporate Greed, Union, UPS

Bernie Sanders Files Labor Bill. Union? We Need Him!

October 7, 2015 Bob

This bill would make it much easier for workers to unionize and assert their rights, therefore reducing the need to strike.

The main provisions of the bill are:
•Eliminate the two-stage balloting process for union election
•Guarantees the right to first contract
•Strengthens and expands the enforcement authority of the National Labor Relations Board
•Repeals the prohibitions against strikes, boycotts and hot cargo agreements
•Prohibits state preemption of federal labor laws
•Secures equal treatment for all employees
•Ensures equal protection under the law for state and local public sector employees
•Provides workers the right to act as guarantors of their financial future
•Extends NLRA coverage to workers for U.S. owned companies that operate in Free Trade Agreement countries