Friday, April 19, 2024

LATEST COLUMN

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OPINION: Let’s build ships in America

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By DAVID MCCALL President United Steelworkers Salem, Ohio (PAI) – James Crawford served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps maintaining the radar systems on super-sophisticated warplanes...

YOUR LETTERS: Reform the Supreme Court now!

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Lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court have created an elite class of justices, immune to the consequences of their actions and decisions. The lack of...
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OPINION: We are all people in the same fight

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By DAVID COOK President UFCW Local 655 I don’t normally directly address comments made by a candidate or politician unless they are in specific reference to the...
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OPINION: The 2024 election is about the rich stealing from the public

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A fight over extending provisions of Trump’s tax cuts is at stake in November’s election. Ultimately, the race is about money. By SONALI KOLHATKAR There are...
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OPINION: Immigrants are not hurting U.S.-born workers

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Six facts to set the record straight By DANIEL COSTA and HEIDI SHIERHOLZ Economic Policy Institute The immigrant share of the labor force reached a record high...
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OPINION: Donald Trump wants to poison the soul of the Labor Movement

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Trump is trying to court union members by saying he’s a “friend” to Labor — but he’s actually a billionaire scab out to strip...
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OPINION: Forget elections, build your union

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Political power comes from Labor power, not vice versa. By HAMILTON NOLAN In These Times It’s a presidential election year. Are you happy? Excited? Ha. Of course...
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YOUR LETTERS: Increase teacher pay, give voters a say on shorter school weeks

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Two weeks ago, legislation to raise teacher pay and increase investments in kids and classrooms operating a traditional five-day school week was approved in...
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YOUR LETTERS: Optimistic for a productive 2024

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Shadowed by weekslong gridlock at the beginning, the Senate body is finally debating bills, and I am optimistic for a productive 2024.  Anticipating a constitutional...
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OPINION: Be honest about your intentions

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By DOUG BECK Missouri State Senator D-1st District (Member, Plumbers, Pipefitters 562) Recently, in the Missouri Senate we have made tremendous progress in getting people to be honest...
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OPINION: Initiative petition ‘ballot candy’ designed to deceive voters

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Democratic majority rule by voters will be a dead issue By DEB LAVENDER Mo. State Representative D-98th District Legislation proposing changes to citizen-led initiative petitions in Missouri is...
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YOUR LETTERS: To take away your voice

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Republican extremists are so determined to take away “one person, one vote” in Missouri that they deadlocked the State Senate all last week. The rest...
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OPINION: The Labor Movement is empowering working women

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By SHARI SEMELSBERGER Secretary-Treasurer Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO Women’s History Month is a time to reflect on the paths paved by women before us, while also recognizing...
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OPINIONS: Time for the Electoral College to go?

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By ROBERT REICH Inequality Media Civic Action In the 2000 election, George W. Bush won the White House despite losing the popular vote by 543,000 votes. It happened...
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YOUR LETTERS: We all share the same fight

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Recently, the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations released data that...
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OPINION: It’s time to choose: Democracy or billionaires?

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By SONALI KOLHATKAR As we count down toward the 2024 general election, we should expect to hear from media pundits about candidates and their viability,...
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OPINION: A second Trump presidency would make the U.S. economy far worse for working people

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By MAX B. SAWICKY In These Times What could we have to look forward to, or dread, in economic policy if Donald Trump returns to...
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YOUR LETTERS: End Citizens United

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After the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision in 2010, massive corporations were given unlimited power to buy politicians like Josh Hawley. They use that...
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YOUR LETTERS: Honoring Black History Month

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This (month) marks… Black History Month. It can never be overstated the critical role Black unionists played and continue to play in building our...
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