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News Article ● Unions

Biden in Portland: ‘Union workers are the best’

May 6, 2022 // After the hangar event, Biden attended a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Portland Yacht Club, where he spoke for about 30 minutes before returning to the airport to depart for Seattle.

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News Article ● Unionization Unions

Psaki sidesteps questions about White House meeting with Amazon, Starbucks union leaders

May 4, 2022 // “The choice to join a union belongs to workers alone … and by the way Amazon, here we come,” Mr. Biden said to thunderous applause at the North America’s Building Trade Unions conference in Washington, D.C.

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Op-ed Research ● Corruption Unions

President Biden Sides Against Union Rank-and-File

April 18, 2022 // Of course, siding against workers is not the best look politically. Neither is shutting down transparency. The Biden Administration understandably rolled back the transparency regulation very quietly. Biden’s Labor Department killed the rule without fanfare on December 30 — the day before the New Year’s Eve holiday, when most union members and the press enjoyed Christmas vacations.

Op-ed ● Employee Rights Act ERA PRO Act

To Help Workers, Unions and Democrats Should Support Scott’s ERA

April 13, 2022 // The ERA’s policies are wildly popular. Recent polling shows that 70% of those polled – including 76% of individuals in union households – believe that workers should have the right to a secret ballot. Other major provisions – including the right to withhold dues from political spending, privacy protections, and the criminalization of union threats – poll at an average favorability of 70%.

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News Article ● Strike Unions

Students hold sit-in at district office amid Mpls. teachers strike; food service workers union announces tentative agreement

March 18, 2022 // "My hope is that we will truly dig into the equity part of it and make sure that our Black and brown educators are taken care of," El-Amin said. "There are lot of inequities we need to deal with other than the dollars on the table. Want to make sure families that look like me are being heard."

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Blog Op-ed ● Labor

OP-ED | A Better Approach to the Silver Tsunami

March 18, 2022 // Too often, for unions, the customers are themselves rather than the public, which is why the state should be taking advantage of retirements by focusing on modernizing, reorganizing, retooling, and outsourcing as much as possible. The major advantage in choosing among hiring private employees/services is that change can be made quickly to accommodate the needs of customers. Not working well? Terminate the contract and find a better solution in the marketplace.

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News Article ● Corruption Labor

AFL-CIO’s Shuler ‘Disgusted’ by UAW Corruption, Mulled Removal

March 11, 2022 // AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said she and other union leaders considered expelling the United Auto Workers from the labor federation during a corruption scandal that felled the union’s leadership.

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