Class Workers News Today

jon stewart sounding off on senate republicans after they blocked a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding health benefits to veterans exposed to toxins in war zones. the question is, why did 25 republicans who supported a previous version of the bill change their vote to know? stuart, an outspoken advocate for military veterans will join us later this morning. we are following new developments with the january 6th committee. top aides to former president donald trump testifying between cl...

DETROIT – “TPT workers” temporary part-time, take on the hardest and most exhausting jobs on the factory floor. Outdoors on a cold, windy afternoon at Manz Baseball field on the east side of this city – just down the street from the Detroit Stellantis Assembly Complex – United Auto Workers...

DETROIT—With picket signs in hand, United Auto Workers with Local 900 Region 1A in Wayne, Mich., occupy the gates at the large assembly plant just off Michigan Avenue across from their union hall.

MANSFIELD — The United Auto Workers union strike on Friday expanded to 38 parts distribution centers in 20 states operated by General Motors, including one in Mansfield, where workers picketed.

Record profits should mean record pay—but that's not how it's played out at the Big Three automakers. These Ford workers have had enough.

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, says the department has stepped up its security across all points in the question paper chain, as the 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams commence today...

House Committee on Education & Labor

>> its just not enough. $20 an hour. >> martha: here now, charlie couric, founder and president of the turning point you see, and michelle ritchie, democratic strategist and former press secretary for house democrats. good to have you with us this evening. let me start with you, charlie. what your response to rashida tlaib and her squad cohorts. >> the numbers when you look to raise the minimum wage but we saw what happened in new york city, 75% of restaurants had to cut hours and cut back staff...

People. middle clools class workers. there is no thing as a free lunch. this idea that death panels are being so mean here. its a ridiculous argument. when fdr passed social security, who were the poorest people in america? demographics-wise, the elderly. they are now the wealthiest. and children now are more children in poverty than any other age. so these are choices that we have to make. we dont make them. >> the problem is that everything else you do in your life i would pediatric and worry ...

Tough? >> no. none whatsoever. i think mitt romney and his campaign are being terribly dishonest. theyre accusing the president of getting the work requirement out of welfare. he knows its not true and yet he continues to spend a lot of money spreading that lie, quite frankly, it is a lie. >> you think the welfare ad is specifically targeting those working white class workers that we all know about in ohio? >> i think its not so subtle racism. they dont want to come out and say certain things. i...