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Steven Greenhouse
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Retired New York Times labor reporter, senior fellow Century Foundation, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
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As the presidential campaign enters its final weeks, one of Trump’s most dishonest & effective attacks is that Kamala Harris is to blame for inflation That's an absurd attack, especially when Trump's plans—especially his tariffs—will dangerously push up inflation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump is falsely blaming Harris for high prices. His plans will cause huge inflation | Steven Greenhouse
Trump is falsely blaming Harris for high prices. His plans will cause huge inflation | Steven Greenhouse

The pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war and corporate price-gouging have all contributed to inflation – not Kamala Harris

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America's labor unions are stepping up efforts to persuade their members that Trump is not a friend of unions or workers. In contrast, Kamala Harris has long fought for workers Harris has walked on a UAW picket line, while Trump supports firing striking workers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

US unions step up efforts to make case that Trump is no friend of workers
US unions step up efforts to make case that Trump is no friend of workers

Unions have mobilized thousands of members to convince them that Harris is a far better ally than Trump

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VERY IMPRESSIVE—The East Coast longshoremen's union won an amazing 62% raise—a $24-an-hour raise over six years That will provide inspiration & leverage to other unions in their bargaining, just like last fall's great UAW contract with Detroit's Big Three www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/b...

Port Union Agrees to Suspend Strike
Port Union Agrees to Suspend Strike

The International Longshoremen’s Association received a new wage offer and will halt its walkout at East and Gulf Coast ports, which began Tuesday.

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Terrible >> Several employees at a plastics factory in eastern Tennessee were killed during Hurricane Helene after management rejected some workers' pleas to evacuate as the hurricane approached. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Tennessee plastics factory staff killed in Hurricane Helene reportedly told not to evacuate
Tennessee plastics factory staff killed in Hurricane Helene reportedly told not to evacuate

One worker said Impact Plastics managers would not let employees leave, which company denies

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In a move to help the strikers, Biden urges port operators to increase wage after 45,000 longshoremen go on strike. "Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits,” Biden said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers go on strike
Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers go on strike

Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas

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It's dismaying to see more articles about one union not making an endorsement (the Teamsters) or a few unions praising or backing a few GOP candidates than there are articles about the great majority of unions backing Harris & about labor's big push to elect her www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/n...

Republicans Pick Up Unlikely Allies in Key House Races: Unions
Republicans Pick Up Unlikely Allies in Key House Races: Unions

Democrats still dominate with organized labor. But in must-win swing races, Republicans are peeling off some union support, and feeling the benefits.

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Many voters fail to understand Trump & Project 2025’s dangerous plan to fire 1000s of federal employees & replace them with Trump loyalists These plans will hurt millions of Americans by undermining how well the government provides services & enforces regulations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Project 2025’s plan to gut civil service with mass firings: ‘It’s like the bad old days of King Henry VIII’
Project 2025’s plan to gut civil service with mass firings: ‘It’s like the bad old days of King Henry VIII’

Even as Trump tries to disavow the rightwing blueprint, both have similar plans to replace many federal employees

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TRUMP'S UGLY ANTI-SEMITISM—In speaking at a rally billed as fighting antisemitism, Trump was already scapegoating Jews in case he loses, saying, “If I don’t win this election...the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss” He's whipping up hatred against Jews www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/u...

Trump’s Suggestion That Jews Could Cost Him Race Creates Fear of Antisemitic Reprisal
Trump’s Suggestion That Jews Could Cost Him Race Creates Fear of Antisemitic Reprisal

Twice on Thursday, the former president said he believed “the Jewish people would have a lot to do with” a loss if Kamala Harris defeated him.

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Sean O'Brien & the Teamsters' executive board have bungled things badly by issuing a non-endorsement when Trump is aggressively anti-union & Harris has long championed unions & workers. Unhappy about this, many Teamster locals have rushed to defy O'Brien & endorse Harris slate.com/news-and-pol...

This Very Messy Nonendorsement of Harris Is Bad for Unions Everywhere
This Very Messy Nonendorsement of Harris Is Bad for Unions Everywhere

The Teamsters are playing a dangerous game of chicken with Trump.

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It would be very cool if Taylor Swift, Beyonce & Bruce Springsteen did a joint concert (or several concerts) in support of Kamala Harris That would blow Trump's mind—He'd become so angry & unhinged that day after day he would trash Taylor, Beyonce & Bruce www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Trump Declares Hatred For Taylor Swift After Harris Endorsement
Trump Declares Hatred For Taylor Swift After Harris Endorsement

"I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT," the former president and Republican candidate posted on Truth Social of the massively influential pop superstar.

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Steven Greenhouse
@greenhousenyt.bsky.social
Retired New York Times labor reporter, senior fellow Century Foundation, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
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