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Did You Vote For Unfair Pay And Unsafe Workplaces?

“Fair pay and safe workplaces” sums it up. The rule, which Trump and the Republicans saw fit to repeal, stated that our government should contract with companies that have “a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics.”

Andy ‘Women Are Meat’ Puzder’s Expected To Withdraw His Nomination

As Senator Chuck Schumer puts it: "You could not have picked a worse nominee to uphold these goals than Andrew Puzder. Everything in his career is antithetical to the goals of the Department of Labor."

Trump Trade Position Is Opposite Of What People Think It Is

The Republican presidential candidate says we need to cut American wages enough to be "competitive" with China and Mexico. He has even laid out a plan to accomplish this. He may have stopped saying that, but ...

What's The Problem With 'Free Trade'?

Our country’s “free trade” agreements have followed a framework of trading away our democracy and middle-class prosperity in exchange for letting the biggest corporations dominate.

Trump Flip Flops On Wages Being Too High Following Criticism By Sanders

Looks like Bernie Sanders hit Donald Trump where it hurt.

Decline In Labor’s Share Of Corporate Income Means $535 Billion Less For Workers

Here's what income disparity has done to the wages of America's disappearing middle class.

President Obama Hammers Anti-Union Republicans During Labor Day Speech

President Barack Obama hammered some of the 2016 GOP contenders for their fake populism and anti-union agenda during a speech in Boston this Monday.

Fox Allows Elaine Chao To Omit The Damage Her Husband Has Done To The U.S. Economy

Fox's Maria Bartiromo and former Bush Sec. of Labor Elaine Chao, conveniently forgot to mention Chao's husband, Mitch McConnell when talking about the slow economic recovery we've had since her former boss almost put us into a depression.