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Dallas Labor For Solidarity

Gene Lantz, Digital Organizing Committee on Friday, August 10 - 12:44pm

The Dallas AFL-CIO continues to support progressive events.

'They Want To Go A different Way': Missouri Voters Scrap ‘Right to Work’ Law

Kenneth Quinnell on Wednesday, August 8 - 10:45am

A law to free nonunion workers from paying union dues has been undone by Missouri voters, a victory for labor organizers who spent millions of dollars to organize a “no” campaign.

“It’s a clear message that they want to go a different way,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. “They want workers to have a bigger say.”

Trump Administration Mulls a Unilateral Tax Cut for the Rich

Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley on Monday, August 6 - 12:21pm

The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut mainly to the wealthy, a legally tenuous maneuver that would cut capital gains taxation and fulfill a long-held ambition of many investors and conservatives.

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