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Representing over 20,000 union members across Burlington County, we work to grow the power of working people in our communities, in politics, and at the bargaining table. 

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Two Years After Trump Tax Cuts, Middle-Class Americans Are Falling Behind

Income for middle-class Americans is growing more slowly than for both top earners and the poor, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The analysis comes two years after President Donald Trump enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a major overhaul in the nation's tax laws billed by the White
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Two Years After Trump Tax Cuts, Middle-Class Americans Are Falling Behind
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Trump Appointed NLRB Appointees Are Making It Harder for Workers, Labor Fights Back

Several recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board would make it harder for workers to unionize. However, labor unions refused to take these decisions lying down. Read the full article on New York Amsterdam News
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Trump Appointed NLRB Appointees Are Making It Harder for Workers, Labor Fights Back
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NPR: AFL-CIO President Touts Labor's Role In Improving New Trade Deal

A top national labor leader is touting a new multilateral trade deal, and says his union side much improved the Trump administration's initial proposal. The comments from Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, came Wednesday, just before the House overwhelmingly approved the pact called the USMCA
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NPR: AFL-CIO President Touts Labor's Role In Improving New Trade Deal
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How a Gig Worker Revolt Begins

Until last week, Li Zilles was one of the many nameless and faceless contractors toiling in the bowels of the internet, providing online services that might have been mistaken for the work of artificial intelligence. The job: to transcribe audio files for the start-up Rev.com, churning out texts
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How a Gig Worker Revolt Begins
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Workers Deserve a Say in Automation

When the global economy shifted in the late 19th century, working people were the first to adapt. They moved to cities like Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo, Ohio, and worked long hours in unsafe factories. They drove the Industrial Revolution and changed the nature of work forever. When it became
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Workers Deserve a Say in Automation
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Working people want safe jobs with good health care, flexibility, sick leave, and where they feel respected and valued. 

See where workers are on strike across the country.