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Labor Day Is Not a Holiday. It’s a Battle Cry.

Last year, 5,283 American workers were killed on the job. They died in fields and factories, in construction zones and warehouses, on highways and hospital floors. When you add work-related illnesses—cancers, respiratory diseases, long-term exposures—the toll soars to over 140,000 lives lost. That’s more than the population of a mid-sized American city, wiped out inContinue reading “Labor Day Is Not a Holiday. It’s a Battle Cry.”

It’s About Policies – Not Partisanship

For one moment, let’s pretend there are no political parties. Imagine a world without Red and Blue factionalism, only policies that can be evaluated on their benefits for working people. Simple, huh? Well not so much. In the complex arena of American politics, few voices resonate as consistently and powerfully for labor unions and workingContinue reading “It’s About Policies – Not Partisanship”