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Unions: Workers will remember Trump tax deal in November

December 26, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

The union leaders added it would throw 13 million people off health insurance by 2025, and raise premiums by 10 percent yearly for everyone else, due to a key provision yanking money from the Affordable Care...

Tax cut bill: Corporate Christmas, New Year wish come true

December 26, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

GOP President Donald Trump, who lobbied hard for the big tax cut for the 1 percent, signed the bill, HR1, on Dec. 22, and workers are left holding an empty bag as a result.

D.C. jury acquits first batch of Trump Inauguration Day protesters

December 21, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

As GOP leaders heap praise on Trump, courts say, “Not so fast.”

Congress passes money bill after Dems back off from pro-Dreamers pledge

December 20, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

The Dreamers want the Dems to use their leverage. Federal worker unions want a money bill, and without offsetting extra costs the GOP might attach to it by slamming federal workers, as they have in past...

Overdue recognition for a champion of the people: Vito Marcantonio

December 20, 2017 By Gabe Falsetta And Gary Bono

On a recent Sunday afternoon, a crowd gathered for the renaming of the NE corner of 116th Street and Lexington Ave. as “Vito Marcantonio Lucky Corner.”