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Trump's latest executive order intends to provide "regulatory relief" to companies that object to covering contraception for employees.
Trumka: We Will Vote to Elect Your Replacement Next Year
AFL-CIO
The U.S. House of Representatives just voted to strip 24 million people of their health care, dramatically raise out-of-pocket health care costs for working people and gut protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
We have to act now to protect our health care and make sure that Congress is accountable to the American people. Contact your members of Congress today (call 1-866-829-3298 for the House or 1-888-865-8089 for the Senate). If they voted for repeal, let them know how that vote affects your life. If they voted against repeal, thank them for standing beside you and the millions of other Americans who will be harmed by this legislation. If they are in the Senate, call and tell them to vote against the bill when it arrives in their chamber. Congress also is going into recess this week, meaning that many members will be holding town hall meetings in their districts between now and May 15. Go to these town halls and make sure your voice is heard. (A list of events can be found here. Tips for participating in your town hall are here.)
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Doctors remember what happened before the law forced insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions and they say it was terrifying.
House Democrats led by Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer say the House Republican plan to replace Obamacare is just a big tax cut for the wealthy and will not pass in the Senate.
The Mexican drug kingpin has complained about conditions and restrictions at the federal jail in Manhattan.
The order, signed by President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden alongside religious leaders, would ease the ban on tax-exempt organizations such as churches engaging in political speech. 'We are giving our churches their voices back,' Trump said.
The Gmail phishing attack was 'particularly insidious,' according to experts, who said it was created by someone with considerable skill.
The Gmail phishing attack was 'particularly insidious,' according to experts, who said it was created by someone with considerable skill.
Clicking on the malicious links could give hackers control of your Gmail account and access to all of your banking, commerce and social media sites.
Indiana Republican Leader Admits Prevailing Wage Repeal Hasn't Saved Money
The Republican-led Wisconsin state Senate is discussing a bill to repeal prevailing wage laws for public works projects. As with most such attacks on working people in the United States, the arguments advanced in service of stripping rights from workers fall flat under even the slightest scrutiny.
Even Republicans admit that when pressed. Indiana passed a similar law in 2015 and video has surfaced from a forum April 24 in Milwaukee, where Indiana's House Assistant Majority Leader Ed Soliday (R) admits that the prevailing wage repeal in his state didn't save a penny.
Soliday said:
We got rid of prevailing wage and so far it hasn’t saved a penny. Probably the people most upset with us repealing [prevailing] wage were the locals. Because the locals, quite frankly, like to pay local contractors and they like local contractors to go to the dentist in their own town.
The exaggerations in those hearings that we were going save 22%. Well, total labor costs right now in road construction is about 22%, and I haven’t noticed anyone who’s going to work for...
