Bombo Radyo NewsNearly 15,000 nurses strike in historic NYC labor action
Dave á JusLooming affordability crisis set to hit Americans with #health #insurance through #work
The expiration planned by Congress next month for the “tax credits” (aka subsidies) that allow states to provide the public's access to the healthcare marketplace will create a sudden shock of hundreds of thousands - more likely in the millions - of Americans no longer able to get sickness, disease, and injuries treated; will begin a new period of #medical, #economic and #social collapse. This is combined with massive increases to private insurance including employer-provided plans & programs, and the effective end to all #Medicaid-associated programs nationwide next fall. An avoidable human #catastrophe from #MAGA, which the majority of the US public is only beginning to notice.
#healthNews #laborNews #labor #USlabor #workers #unions #redistribution #plunder #billionaireSubsidy #wealthTransfer #healthTransfer #insurance #HealthcareIsAHumanRight #limitedPayers #m4a #expandMedicare
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/20/insurance-premiums-employer-increase-affordability-00660176
> It’s a perilous combination for 165 million people with employer-sponsored health insurance. Premiums are rising, while yearly pay raises shrink.
Eric Darnley SmallA recent X post claimed the U.S. Department of Labor’s images promote a nostalgic, all-white America—featuring a lone white man and a stereotypical white family—ignoring the nation’s diversity. This raises serious questions about representation and bias, especially when minorities make up nearly 40% of the workforce. The images reflect a nostalgic fantasy that doesn’t match reality and underscore how misinformation can distort perceptions. As social media floods us with untruths, it’s vital to verify what’s real—so don’t take everything at face value. Curious about what the Department of Labor’s feed really shows? Dive in: https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/30/department-of-labor-donald-trump-memes-social-media #MediaLiteracy #Representation #Misinformation #Diversity #USLabor #SocialMedia #Truth
PUPUWEB BlogInternal docs, emails & federal data reveal concerns over Indian IT giant TCS using L-1A manager visas to undercut US workers. #TCS #VisaAbuse #L1AVisa #TechIndustry #USJobs #Immigration #TechNews #Workforce #IndianIT #USLabor
Paria sans portefeuille"A lawsuit by a coalition of #laborUnions Thursday prompted the #Labor Department to agree not to release any sensitive economic and privacy data to #DOGE, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency led by billionaire Trump donor Elon #Musk."
guests: Rob Shriver of Democracy Forward & Robert Weissman of Public Citizen
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/7/doge_lawsuit
#DOGElawsuit #USlabor #USlaborMovement #USpol #USpolitics #DOGEbags #oligarchs #MAGA
“Authoritarian Rampage”: Trump/Musk Sued to Block <span class="caps">DOGE</span> Access to Confidential Info of Millions
A lawsuit by a coalition of labor unions Thursday prompted the Labor Department to agree not to release any sensitive economic and privacy data to DOGE, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency led by billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk. Musk’s group has already gained access to sensitive files and computer systems across other key agencies as part of a push to restructure much of the federal government. “There are huge problems with what Elon Musk and his team are doing to access the most critical personal data that this country owns,” says Rob Shriver, senior adviser to the accountability group Democracy Forward, which filed the lawsuit over Labor Department data, and a former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management. Legal challenges have also reversed the Trump administration’s executive order to freeze trillions in federal funding, delayed a buyout offer sent to most of the federal workforce to encourage mass resignations, and at least partially blocked Musk from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment system. We also speak with Public Citizen’s Robert Weissman, who calls Musk’s actions “an authoritarian rampage through the government … designed to access information, surveil the country, destroy the institutions of government and advance corporate interests without restraint.”
"Kate Wolf speaks with filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing about their new #documentary #Union, which is out in theaters now. It follows, in real time, the forming of the first ever #Amazon union in the country, the #ALU, at the JKF8 plant in Staten Island. Later in the conversation #ChrisSmalls, the president of ALU, joins as well."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-fight-to-unionize-amazon/
#AmazonLaborUnion #USLaborMovement #USlabor #TradeUnions #unionization #cinema #CinémaEngagé @film
#Labor historian #JeffSchuhrke talks with the #NewBooksNetwork about his book "#BlueCollarEmpire: The Untold Story of #USLabor's Global Anticommunist Crusade "
https://youtu.be/pFRhxwSklxs
#USlabour #AFLCIO #AFL #CIO #labour #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #UShistory #USLaborHistory #USpol #USpolitics #CIA #AIFLD #USimperialism #LaborMovement #LabourMovement #USLaborMovement #ColdWar #anticommunism #books
ExTraders GlobalIn Q2, US Unit Labor Costs rose 0.4%, below the 0.9% estimate, while Nonfarm Productivity jumped 2.5%, beating expectations of 2.3% and well above the previous 0.2%. #USLabor #USEconomy #Productivity
Kevin Gosztola interviews #JeffSchuhrke, #labor historian, journalist, union activist, and author of #BlueCollarEmpire: The Untold Story of #USLabor's Global Anticommunist Crusade
https://youtu.be/7IYKQyLRH78
#labour #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #USLaborHistory #AFLCIO #UShistory #USpol #USimperialism #USpolitics #CIA #ColdWar #TradeUnions #USTradeUnions #anticommunism #books
Excellent presentation at #HaymarketBooks' #Socialism2024 conference by #labour historian #JeffSchuhrke, author of #BlueCollarEmpire, about the #AFLCIO's sordid history of collaboration with #USimperialism, from the destabilization/overthrow of progressive governments to the undermining and violent repression of labour/progressive movements at home and abroad
https://youtu.be/294Ned7QB0U
#USlabor #labor #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #UShistory #USpol #USpolitics #CIA #ColdWar #anticommunism #books
