[Source: New York Times] The California governor must decide about labor bills and a sweeping measure to seal criminal records, matters that have drawn intense lobbying from both sides. The countdown has begun. Today is the final day of the two-year legislative session in Sacramento, so lawmakers have until midnight to pass hundreds of pending bills that Read More…
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Dems aim to bring big-government programs to floor vote with 2019 House takeover
[Source: By Fred Lucas | Fox News] Expect to hear the words “free,” “guaranteed” and “for all” a whole lot more in the new year as Democrats prepare an arsenal of big-government bills that could actually see a floor vote once they take control of the House. Come January, proposals like “Medicare for all” and Read More…
As Trump slashes environmental regulations, the EPA union forms the crux of an internal resistance
[Source: Salon] Salon talked to the head of a government employees union about the president’s disastrous environmental policies. For all of the horrifying policies being implemented by President Donald Trump, perhaps the most terrifying prospect is the potential for his climate change attitudes to bring about to the destruction of life on Earth as we know it. As the Read More…
Union members don’t oppose environmental protections
[Source: In These Times] Union workers attacking environmentalists—it has become a trope of our time. But what do union members actually think about the environment? In a study soon to be published in Labor Studies Journal, we report our findings on workers’ attitudes and behaviors regarding a variety of environmental issues. In particular, we examine Read More…