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HassleCat

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1. And helping unions

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2015, 01:58 PM

May 2015

I guess it's difficult to enact federal legislation that would help unions, since labor relations are determined pretty much at the state level. The infrastructure projects are a good place to put in some effort, because federally funded projects can mandate certain fair wage provisions for private contractors, and similar things.

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Bernie Sanders aside, politics won't help us as much as organized labor (Wearing the union label) [View all] Omaha Steve May 2015 OP

And helping unions HassleCat May 2015 #1

President Obama has a $10.10 minimum wage... yallerdawg May 2015 #2

Taft-Hartley is still on the books. PETRUS May 2015 #4

We can help ensure that we won't lose more legal fights that hurt labor. Starry Messenger May 2015 #5

I tend to agree. PETRUS May 2015 #3

Agree - and it inspired me to go back to Marx TBF May 2015 #6