What Is Trumps View On Unions?
- The Value of Membership
- The Case for a Wage Increase in Union Contracts
- The Trump-Puzzle: How General Motors Can Rejuvenate
- The fate of steel
- The Board of the Moose Institute
- The United Auto Workers and Donald Trump
- The Trump Board's Reversed Prediction: A Counterexample to the Anti-Worker, anti-19 Union Agenda
- The White House: What the Racistors Really Wanted
- The Trump Legacy: A Tale of Two Faces
- The Rochester Labor Synthesis
The Value of Membership
The value of membership is something unions need to convince workers of. Schurman says that it's hard to do when they can get the collective bargaining benefits without paying for it.
The Case for a Wage Increase in Union Contracts
Wage increases in union contracts have not increased as fast as inflation. Two- and three-tier wage systems are still in place, workers are paying more for their health coverage, and pensions have grown weaker for new employees. Workers in right-to-work states are less likely to have employer sponsored pensions.
With the promise of the repeal of theAffordable Care Act and the possible cuts to Social Security, there is a greater crisis in health and retirement across the country. Federal unions will also be attacked. Civil service job protections and security are a longstanding goal of the Republican Party.
The party wants to cut salaries and pensions. They will be high on the list if Davis-Bacon is overturned. Republicans are likely to support repeal of Davis-Bacon if it means spending more money on infrastructure.
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The Trump-Puzzle: How General Motors Can Rejuvenate
The labor movement and the institutional means through which working-class people can fight back against the tide of globalization are at risk because of Trump. In November of last year, General GM announced that it would cease operations in five plants, resulting in the loss of more than 14 thousand jobs. They have $10 billion in stock buys since 2015.
The fate of steel
His attempts to preserve steel jobs through a trade war are damaging other sectors. The number of jobs saved is less than the number of jobs that will be lost from the steel tariffs. The USDA is bailing out farmers who were going to lose billions of dollars due to the tariffs. Some people think that the temporary aid isn't enough to fix the damage.
The Board of the Moose Institute
The board has three members, with the Chairman Mark Pearce. The other two members are Democrats. Republicans will have a majority on inauguration, thanks to two additional members named by Trump.
Right-to-work legislation is one of the most important labor developments. Republicans took over the state governments in Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and New Hampshire, all of which are currently union security states. That condition is likely to change.
The legislature of Ohio is going to introduce right-to-work legislation. The national balance of power shifted in favor of right-to-work when West Virginia passed its law. The Koch brothers and their organizations want a federal ban on union security clauses.
The United Auto Workers and Donald Trump
Dennis Williams, president of the United Auto Workers, said his organization can work with Donald Trump on trade issues even though the union supported his opponent and has a long history of supporting Democrats.
The Trump Board's Reversed Prediction: A Counterexample to the Anti-Worker, anti-19 Union Agenda
The way in which the Trump board reversed precedent lays bare their anti-worker, anti-union agenda. The board is being urged by the Trump GC to change the law in favor of corporations and against workers in many other cases.
The White House: What the Racistors Really Wanted
The most consequential of the racists in the White House was Wilson. Wilson, the most academicallycredentialed of all U.S. presidents, promoted policies that set back the post-Civil War gains of African-Americans but enabled the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan to a level that David Duke can only dream about. Wilson was smart enough to refrain from the kind of public race baiting that Trump wallows in, but his actions were devastating.
The Trump Legacy: A Tale of Two Faces
White, working-class voters have supported Trump because of his approach to politics. It is an ascent that has shaken Republicans, who view the businessman as a fraud that will splinter the party, and it's leading Democrats and their allies who are going to fret and panic. The labor movement is worried that Trump's appeal to working-class voters is more than just a result of his showmanship.
Trump's policies can be seen as attractive to the economically marginalized, as evidenced by his condemnation of trade deals, his anti-xenophobic rants, and his condemnation of politicians who ushered in outsourcing. The right message can help Trump with his bread-and-butter issues. Trump has taken advantage of cheap overseas labor that he's criticized other U.S. companies for using, with his own clothing line.
Trump has been happy to bring in foreign guest workers on visas to work on his properties in Florida despite his stance on immigration. Nussbaum said that those facts were popular with voters. Democrats are not sure how close Trump is to becoming a major threat.
Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvaniand Democratic National Committee chair, was unworried about facing the real estate tycoon in a general election. The working-class voters would like Trump. The voters in his home state were not as determinative as they were a generation ago.
The Rochester Labor Synthesis
The local labor federation in Rochester, New York, was the first to support the idea. The unions in Seattle and western Massachusetts have passed resolutions saying a general strike should be considered if Trump tries to subvert the election outcome. For many it is an inspiring slogan.
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