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"The real purchasing power of American workers continues to drop," noted former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. "This is absolutely not the time for more interest rate hikes."
"Sen. Cotton's hostility to press freedoms demonstrates exactly why these protections are needed," said one advocate, calling for inclusion of the bill in an end-of-year spending package.
The consequences of a funding shortfall could be disastrous for workers who rely on the NLRB to fairly oversee their efforts to unionize and to hold employers accountable for violating their rights, including Amazon and Starbucks workers.
Board meetings in North Carolina's largest school district, like others around the country, have been dominated by hostile rightwing 'activists.' Then local progressives stepped in.
