This assault on typical workers’ bargaining power in recent decades has indeed made it harder to spark wage growth. But this doesn’t mean that you give up—it means you try harder!
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Despite campaign rhetoric, the Trump presidency has consistently attacked workers and worker rights.
Thousands of laundry workers—largely African-American or immigrant women—labor in hot, crowded, and often dangerous or toxic conditions to clean the linens used by millions. And it is these workers who endure the consequences of an industry plagued by poor working conditions, exploitation, and abuse.
To portray Ronald Reagan as a friend of the working class is not only fallacious—it is dangerous.
Giving workers the power to improve their jobs and unrig the economy
The first and last rule of capitalism is this: Make More Capital. And it's killing us. But we can build better systems. There are plenty of options. We can change the rules.
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