Government
Locking up immigrant children is now a billion-dollar industry
July 13, 2018Currently, more than 11,800 children, from a few months old to 17, are housed in nearly 90 facilities in 15 states.
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Trump executive order lets bosses bully federal workers
July 13, 2018“Who do you turn to?” one local leader asked. “Somebody’s gotta be there for you.” That “somebody” is the union.
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Federal workers union sues Trump over executive order
June 1, 2018“This is more than union-busting. This is democracy busting,” said AFGE president J. David Cox.
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Trump Ed Secretary DeVos trashes her own workers’ union, imposes “contract”
March 16, 2018Not content with trashing teachers’ unions in Michigan, DeVos is now “trying to kill the union” for her own agency’s 3,900 member-workers.
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Trump threatens government shutdown if he doesn’t get his wall
February 7, 2018For his entertainment Trump is also calling for a massive military parade of tanks and missiles in Washington DC, one that would tear up and require replacement of Pennsylvania Ave.
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