Corporate CEOs and wealthy billionaires just scored a big win in their war on working people. But we’re not giving up. By interfering in the ability of millions of public employees to come together in strong unions, a small group of corporate CEOs and wealthy billionaires are using the Supreme… Read More»
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Disney and its CEO Bob Iger are discriminating against 41,000 working people fighting for a better life for their families. On Jan. 23, Disney CEO Bob Iger joined a number of major corporations announcing bonuses as a benefit from the federal tax cut. At Disney, that meant 125,000 employees would… Read More»
Republicans in Congress want to give big corporations and the super wealthy a tax cut, and they want to do it before enough of us wise up. To pay for the massive handout to the wealthy, Republicans want working people to foot the bill. The Trump-Ryan tax scam would also… Read More»
President Trump, Republican leaders in Congress, and lobbyists want to give massive tax breaks to millionaires and wealthy corporations.
To pay for their scheme, they want to cut between $4 and $6 trillion from Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public education and other critical services.
Enriching the 1% and big corporations by slashing public services working families and communities depend on is the healthcare fight all over again!
Make your voice heard. Sign our petition telling members of Congress to reject this greedy budget plan! Tell Congress: Hands off our Medicaid, Social Security, Medicare, and education!
More than 21,000 people who work for AT&T Wireless are standing up to powerful corporate interests for good jobs and a better future for us all. AT&T rakes in huge profits – earning a record $13 billion last year. Yet the telecommunications giant wants the men and women who make… Read More»
The people who work on dairy farms throughout the Northeast toil with dangerous, backbreaking conditions for grueling hours and low pay–often without breaks. In 2015, Ben & Jerry’s agreed to do something about it – and committed to join a landmark program to stop abusive, inhumane treatment of the people… Read More»
When Congress returns from recess, the House will take up the “Working Families Flexibility Act” (HR 1180.) This bill offers working people a false choice between time off and money. What it’s really doing is stealing overtime pay from working families, further eroding basic protections for working people. Overtime pay… Read More»
More than 21,000 people who work for AT&T Wireless are standing up to powerful corporate interests to demand good jobs and a better future for us all. They are joining together to negotiate a fair contract and pushing back against AT&T’s demands to do more work for less. They’re also… Read More»
The pressure to stop Trump’s billionaire nominee for Secretary of Education from being confirmed is working. Two Republican senators, Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), just announced that they will oppose Betsy DeVos’ confirmation. That means that we’re just ONE vote short from blocking DeVos’ confirmation altogether. We need to keep… Read More»
T-Mobile needs to learn a lesson. Less than three years ago, the telecommunications giant saddled millions of customers with unwanted charges resulting in a $90 million settlement with the government. Now, T-Mobile sales and customer service representatives say they’re under tremendous stress to meet unrealistic performance goals, forcing them to… Read More»