Skip to main content

What Workers at Carrier and Rexnord Have to Say About Trump.

Arun Gupta Raw Story
Time and again workers mention the same issue as to why they abandoned the Democrats: NAFTA. Feltner says, “The NAFTA bill is still fresh in people’s minds. The international was all, ‘Vote Democrat, Democrat, Democrat.’ Then they make an announcement about jobs going away and it’s because of NAFTA. The workers connect that to the Democrats, and Hillary was saddled with that.”

Greensboro City Workers Form a Union

Eric Fink YES! Weekly
Moderators note: In North Carolina it is illegal for a public employee union to bargain or negotiate a contract with the workers employer.

Stiglitz: Trumpian Uncertainty

Joseph E. Stiglitz Project Syndicate
Fire-breathing rhetoric, or raving three a.m. tweets, may assuage the anger of those left behind by the Reagan revolution, at least for a while. But for how long? And what happens then?

Trump: The Bully in Charge

Gary Younge The Guardian
To watch him take the oath was to bear witness to democracy’s fragility.

Friday Nite Videos -- January 20, 2017

Portside
The WERD: Thanks, Obama.Talkin' Bout A Revolution. How to Trump-Proof Your Life. Obamacare in Trump Country. Erosion – Donald Trump vs Global Warming.