LAWRENCE S. WITTNER – If Trump expects significant union support this November, it’s merely another of his many illusions.
Tag: AFL-CIO
Labor Plans Action to Defend Democracy
STEPHANIE LUCE – Strikes are rare but political strikes are on the agenda more than they have been in many years. Labor Action to Defend Democracy has come together to “plant seeds and stir the pot,” and work with community partners to protect the vote.
Trump Has Blocked Wage Gains for American Workers
LAWRENCE WITTNER – On June 19, 2019, President Donald Trump bragged at his re-election kickoff rally in Orlando that, thanks to his leadership, the wages of American workers “are rising at the fastest rate in many decades.†The reality, however, is that they are not. Indeed, wages rose at a faster rate only a few years before, under his predecessor. And a key reason for the very limited wage increases since Trump entered the White House is his administration’s success in blocking any wage increases for some workers and in reducing wage increases for others.
Who Benefits from the “Booming Economy”?
LAWRENCE WITTNER – Although the U.S. mass media are awash with stories about America’s “booming economy,†the benefits are distributed very unequally, when they are distributed at all.