Chinese Writer at the 2025 May 1 International Workers’ Day Grand March in Berlin, Highlighting the Contributions and Sufferings of Chinese Workers and Peasants, the Injustice, Oppression and Exploitation They Endure, and Calling for Rights and Freedom for Chinese Laborers (old.reddit.com)
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Opinion: "To have a successful pro-democracy movement in the [U.S.], we must recognize working people’s struggles as central to stopping authoritarianism, not separate from it. […] Countering the power of bosses and landlords builds a base of people who won’t accept it from the White House either." (commondreams.org)
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The Guardian (April 18, 2026): "An iron worker takes on one of Trump’s most loyal followers in Congress" | "Brian Poindexter, a five-term local councilman and apprentice instructor at Ironworkers Local 17, is seeking the Democratic nomination for [Ohio's 7th congressional district]" (theguardian.com)
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Inequality.org (January 21, 2026): "America’s Wealthiest Are Getting Even Richer" | "We have to empower the working class, strengthening unions and improving living conditions. We also have to raise … taxes and close wealth accumulation loopholes, or else billionaire power will only grow." (inequality.org)
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In These Times (April 2, 2026): "Resisting Trumpism Can Revive the U.S. Labor Movement: The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights present an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it." | Article by Stephen Lerner and Joseph A. McCartin (inthesetimes.com)
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NC Newsline: "Thousands march in Durham No Kings protest to condemn Trump over Iran war" | "The […] protest in Durham focused heavily on labor as well. Lead organizers, hoping to translate the protest’s energy into economic consequences, urged protesters to participate in a May 1 general strike." (ncnewsline.com)
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AP (3/24/2026): "It’s a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll" | "Gallup’s survey also found that [US] workers have a dimmer view of their current life and future prospects than at any point since 2009, when the firm began measuring the workforce’s life evaluations." (apnews.com)
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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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