Tag: Election 2020
Labor-endorsed Rockwood school board candidates demonstrate importance of local elections
Municipal elections, particularly races further down the ballot like those for local school boards, are frequently overlooked.
Voters often don’t see the significance of...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: A second ‘date of infamy’
“...a date which will live in infamy.
– President Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec....
Our democracy’s near-death experience
Now is no time for complacency
By SUSAN E. RICE
It appears that our democracy dodged a bullet — or, more precisely, multiple concerted efforts by...
Trump strikes back, trashing the nation on his way out the...
By PAUL KRUGMAN
We all knew that Donald Trump would react badly to defeat. But his refusal to concede, the destructiveness of his temper tantrum...
Illinois AFL-CIO’s Tim Drea: Election was a ‘mixed bag’ for Labor
Springfield, IL – Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea considers the November election a success, but less than complete because of some prominent defeats.
“As with...
Biden’s election offers hope to build back better for America’s working...
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
After four years of unrelenting attacks on working people and their unions, the election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect...
Biden adds 27 union leaders to transition team
Union leaders who worked for and celebrated the election of Joe Biden as president didn’t have long to wait for him to prove his...
OPINION: Vengeful Trump and his Republican cronies are plotting to make...
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
Joe Biden just won more votes than anyone else in American history, but the next four years may go down in...
Democracy prevails: Working families have ally with President-Elect Joe Biden
Labor leaders look forward to future after a tumultuous four years with Trump
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
With the nation on pins and needles awaiting the results...
Galloway: ‘These attacks on working people need to stop’
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Missouri is in a health and economic crisis that mirrors the rest of the nation. Getting out of it, Democratic candidate for...