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Almost Half of Americans Work in Low-Wage Jobs
The low-wage workforce is part of every local U.S. economy, but it takes the biggest toll in the South and West.
US News & World Report: Is Trump Losing the Working Class?
Despite agricultural upheaval, industrial weakness and a months long manufacturing recession – which are being felt particularly acutely in some of 2016’s most pro-Trump counties – the president has yet to see much erosion in support from groups that overwhelmingly backed him three years ago.
Trump Boasts on Economy Undercut by Weak Middle-Class Pay Gains
President Donald Trump boasts that a robust economy will protect him from impeachment and ensure his re-election, but it’s an argument resting on a shaky foundation.
Billionaires Paid Lower Tax Rate than Working Class for First Time in US History: Study
Billionaires paid less in taxes than the working class last year for the first time in U.S. history, a study found.
What is the Working Class
Forty, fifty or even sixty years ago, mention the phrase “working class” and most folks understood that to mean “blue collar” laborers such as a machinist, waitress, plumber, cop, production line worker, or housekeeper.
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Sign the petition telling Congress to stop the war on the working class.
Congressional Actions
This interactive timeline includes all actions taken by the 116th Congress on Social Security, Medicare, ACA, and Medicaid.
A Message From Our President
The Fight to Save Retirement Security for the Working Class
The movement in Washington to gut our most crucial social insurance programs – not only Social Security and Medicare, but Medicaid, too – amounts to nothing less than a war on the working class: people at all levels of income and employment who are counting on retirement income and health security.
GOP Targeting Earned Benefits
GOP talks of of targeting our earned benefits and health care in 2019.
Tracking Trump and His Administration
From the pages of his own book to the public statements made by President Trump and members of his campaign or administration, theirs is ample evidence that this administration poses a great threat to the future of the earned benefits and other tax payer funded programs that keep workers, seniors, the disabled and their families financially stable.
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