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Republicans Foolishly Declare War On American Workers

By Samuel Warde on September 6, 2016 Employment Benefits, fair wages, Federal Minimum Wage, GOP platform, Living wages, Republican Party Platform of 1956, republican platform, Unions, Work Benefits, Worker Rights Conservatives, Republican Indifference, Republicans, Wages, Workers rights

Any working class Americans voting Republican are voting against self-interest. John Nichols, a long-time contributor to The Nation and the periodical’s National Affairs correspondent, wrote a blistering Labor Day article on Donald Trump as the Republican Party, writing that their “platform is a litany of foolish dreams.” Nichols tears into Trump from the start, writing […]

Republican Candidates Wage War On Working Americans (Video)

By Samuel Warde on November 12, 2015 Election 2011, fair wages, income inequality, Jobs labor and wages, Living wages, Raising the minimum wage to a living wage, Republican Candidates Reject American Workers, Republicans on the minimum wage Election 2016, Jobs, Labor, Wages

“Just say no!” That’s what all but 2 Republican candidates are telling American workers. Three leading Republican presidential hopefuls said they would not support raising the federal minimum wage during Tuesday’s debate, with the leading candidate – Donald Trump – doubling down on his remarks the following morning. Asked if he was sympathetic to the […]