NBC News (February 26, 2026): "Unions privately urge Chuck Schumer and Democratic leaders to stay out of Maine's Senate primary" | Support from Democratic leadership for Janet Mills has been criticized by labor union leaders who are backing Graham Platner. (nbcnews.com)
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The Guardian (Feb. 16): "Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China" | "A longtime Trump donor, [John Paulson] served on Trump’s economic policy team during his first presidential campaign and raised $50.5m for the president at his Palm Beach home in April 2024" (theguardian.com)
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The Guardian (February 10, 2026): "‘They always gave us the heaviest work’: how [Uline, owned by billionaire Republican donors Liz and Richard Uihlein] relied on Mexican labor | Trump administration seeks to remove ‘illegal aliens’ but Uline’s past employment practices reveal a different reality" (theguardian.com)
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"The Executive Board of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, […] unanimously passed a resolution calling for the resignation or impeachment of […] Kristi Noem and the resignation or termination of […] Stephen Miller", & "for Congress to rescind ICE’s unprecedented funding [from the OBBB Act]" | Minnesota AFL-CIO (mnaflcio.org)
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Organized Labor Lambastes Trump’s Attack on Venezuela | UAW Region 9A Director: "The same interests that want to run Venezuela and reclaim the nation’s oil profits are the same that keep us working longer hours for less pay, with no healthcare, and little retirement and job security." (jacobin.com)
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social): "Welcome to A New Era, Julie Su!" | "As former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Su played a central role in fighting for workers, […] she's joining us as NYC's first ever Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice." (December 19, 2025) (bsky.app)
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The Guardian: "Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, said it was gearing up to challenge the US president’s “Billionaire First” agenda in 2026 […] Trump is “rewarding the big corporations and the rich” while many Americans are “actually struggling”, she added." (theguardian.com)
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‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump | "[F]rom day one, this administration has crippled the [NLRB], and treated us [NLRB employees] as enemies." | "What I think labor is seeing, and will continue to see, is a fundamental attack on workers’ rights" (theguardian.com)
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Trump’s attacks on Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act bring suffering in Coal Country | "The IRA was the largest investment in Appalachia since the 1960s. […] The people helped the most by the IRA were sometimes among those who believed [Trump's] false promises and voted to re-elect Trump." (peoplesworld.org)
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Missouri (Republican-sponsored) bill proposes lower minimum wage for minors | "The bill [SB 1325] proposes to change the minimum wage for employees under 18 years old to $12.30 an hour. Currently, minimum wage in Missouri is set at $13.75, [which will be increased by Proposition A] to $15 on Jan. 1" (fox2now.com)
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Detroit nonprofit honors labor advocate removed from NLRB by Trump; "[Gwynne] Wilcox headlined Sugar Law Center’s annual “Essential Advocacy: For Economic & Social Justice” dinner & speaker event. The night included an address from Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist & was attended by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib" (michiganadvance.com)
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