NEW YORK — Two federal correctional officers who neglected their duties while Jeffrey Epstein killed himself inside a troubled lower Manhattan jail planned to defend themselves as scapegoats for a
U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II applauded the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, representing over 700,000 federal workers, for endorsing his legislation to address climate-related risks to federal pensions. In March, Congressman Cleaver introduced the Restructuring Environmentally Sound.
In yet another example of Democrat double standards, Joe Biden has waived ethics rules intended to prevent unions from having undue influence with the executive branch. Fox News reports, âBeginning as early as March, the White House waived certain rules for former labor union personnel slotted to fill Bidenâs transition teams and government vacancies, who would have otherwise been prevented from communicating with their old unions.â
Thus far, two former union officials who are now part of the Biden administration â Alethea Predeoux at the Office of Personnel and Management and Celeste Drake, who leads the administrationâs Made In America Office â have been granted waivers from the ethics rule. That allows them to freely communicate with their âformerâ unions, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), re
Nate Jackson
The economic recovery is on the minds of millions of people these days. It is, after all, a universal kitchen table issue. Whether itâs rampant inflation on basic items that
far exceeds the Federal Reserveâs 2% refrain, or whether itâs a breadwinner unable or unwilling to find a job, the economic picture doesnât have quite the feeling of hope that it did last fall.
When it comes to the unemployed choosing to stay unemployed because their benefits exceed the wages they could earn, President Joe Biden on Monday again denied thereâs a problem, blamed employers for the problem because theyâre not paying enough, touted government hiring, and floated more aid to fix the problem. The very fact that heâs made defensive remarks