4/24/2024

ENDORSEMENT/UNION: “Joe Biden landed a major union endorsement Wednesday [April 24, 2024] from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it.  In making one of their earliest ever presidential endorsements, NABTU leaders are kickstarting an eight-figure organizing program to try to deliver their 250,000 […]

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6/11/2021

PIPELINE/UNION: “The union representing the great workers building the Keystone XL Pipeline endorsed Biden. Now their workers have no jobs and the pipeline, which was well under construction (like the Southern Border Wall), has been shut down, with thousands of jobs lost and the company announcing yesterday that they are ‘permanently pulling out.’ You should […]

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1/7/2021

BIDEN PEOPLE/CRISIS/ECONOMY/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/NOMINATIONS/UNION: “This [economic and jobs] team shares my belief that the middle class built this country and that unions built the middle class. They will help us emerge from the most inequitable economic crisis in modern history by building an economy where every American is in on the deal. https://t.co/iorqb5Dxpj?amp=1″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, […]

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12/19/2020

CLIMATE CHANGE/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “Together, we’re going to tackle the threat of climate change head-on and create millions of good-paying, union jobs. https://twitter.com/i/status/1340460406888796160″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 19, 2020 1:54 pm […]

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11/30/2020

JOE BIDEN/UNION: “.@TTDAFLCIO [Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO] President Larry Willis was a relentless champion for working families. Jill and I are keeping his loved ones in our prayers. RT @TTDAFLCIO Yesterday, with his wife and daughter by his side, TTD president Larry Willis, 53, succumbed to injuries sustained on November 22 in a tragic biking […]

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11/16/2020

BUSINESS/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “I made it clear to the corporate leaders. I said, I want you to know I’m a union guy. Unions are going to have increased power… It’s not anti-business. It’s about economic growth, creating good paying jobs. Eleven years ago when Barack and I took office during the Great Recession and implemented the […]

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10/10/2020

JOBS/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “My plan is about making the kinds of investments that are going to stimulate economic growth. To get it back to full employment fast and help us build back better than before. We’re going to create millions of good paying union jobs.” -Joe Biden via NBC News, “Live: Biden Holds Campaign Event In […]

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10/10/2020

ECONOMY/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “What does building back better mean for you? – Millions of new, good-paying jobs – A $15 federal minimum wage – Stronger benefits and fair workplaces – An economy that works for everyone—not just the wealthy – The choice to join a union That’s the future we can build together.” ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, […]

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10/5/2020

2020 ELECTION/MEDIA/QUOTE/STOCK MARKET/UNION/VOTING: “‘I’m voting for Donald Trump. My father is a Union Worker and his 401K has tripled under President Trump.’ USA Voter. @foxandfriends Thank you, and remember that the Stock Market is getting ready to break its all time high. NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE BEST EVER. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!!!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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10/2/2020

JOBS/JOE BIDEN/MIDDLE CLASS/UNIONS: “I know and understood from the very beginning of consciousness about this, that Wall Street and CEOs didn’t build this country, the middle-class built this country and unions built the middle class. That’s why I’ve laid out a comprehensive agenda, not just to rebuild our communities, but to make bold investments so […]

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9/18/2020

2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/CHINA/CORRUPTION/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “Joe Biden delivered remarks to union members after spending 47 years giving their jobs to China and foreign countries in exchange for campaign cash… …Biden is a corrupt globalist sellout who never missed a chance to stab American workers in the back. If Biden wins, China wins – it’s just that simple!“ […]

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9/18/2020

JOBS/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS/UNION: “A Biden-Harris administration will create millions of good-paying, union jobs and ensure the future is made in America — by all of America. I’m speaking live from Hermantown, MN on how we’ll get it done. Tune in. https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yoKMXEYMvdxQ” ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 18, 2020 10:04 am […]

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9/16/2020

JOE BIDEN/MANUFACTURING/UNION: “Minnesota’s Iron Range has played a vital role in helping build America. U.S. manufacturing and mining was the Arsenal of Democracy in World War II… Despite the economic recovery set in motion by the Obama-Biden Administration across the Iron Range, under President Trump, demand for Iron Range products has suffered. Steel shipments are […]

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9/8/2020

JOE BIDEN/UNION: “Every single American worker deserves the chance to join a union. As president, I’ll strengthen our labor unions and ensure workers can bargain for the pay, benefits, and workplace protections they deserve.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Sep. 8, 2020 6:28 pm […]

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9/7/2020

JOE BIDEN/UNION: “Increasing workers’ rights to unionize and collectively bargain will be an essential component of the Biden-Harris administration’s economic recovery plan. That includes enacting the PRO Act, which would dramatically enhance the power of workers to organize without fear of retaliation.” -Joe Biden and Richard Trumka, “Put power back in workers’ hands,” post-gazette.com, Sep. […]

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9/7/2020

JOBS/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “We need to finally get serious about defeating the pandemic, digging out from the worst jobs crisis in nearly a century, and healing the long-standing wound of racial injustice. And a big part of meeting those challenges will come from seizing this opportunity to build an economy that serves the dignity of the […]

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9/7/2020

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “When he isn’t calling to boycott Goodyear and its thousands of union workers for petty personal reasons, Donald Trump is actively fighting against working people. That’s because, like so many CEOs and Wall Street robber-barons, he knows that if he can diminish union power, he can run the table on every […]

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9/7/2020

JOBS/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “As president, I’ll make record investments in American industry and create millions of good-paying, union jobs. We’re going to make sure the future is made in America — and built by union workers.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Sep. 7, 2020 6:30 pm […]

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9/7/2020

JOE BIDEN/UNION: “For years, President Trump and Republicans have waged a war on America’s labor unions. It will end on my watch. I’ll sign the PRO Act — making it easier for workers to organize and collectively bargain — and be the strongest labor president workers have ever had.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Sep. 7, 2020 […]

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9/7/2020

JOE BIDEN/MINIMUM WAGE/UNION: “The 40-hour workweek Minimum wage Overtime pay Health care Workplace safety protections They’re all because of unions — and it’s time we recognize that.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Sep. 7, 2020 12:06 pm […]

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9/7/2020

JOE BIDEN/UNIONS: “Unions are why so many today have health insurance and sick leave. Why so many have a voice in the workplace and our democracy. Unions are why the CARES Act included worker protection and why the Heroes Act, which the Senate hadn’t acted on yet, would require OSHA to boost safety standards. Unions […]

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9/7/2020

JOE BIDEN/UNIONS: “Roughly two-thirds of the American people, roughly two-thirds of them in this country, have a favorable opinion of unions. That matches the highest approval rating Gallup has shown in over 50 years. It’s something I’ve always believed, you’ve always known… I’ve never been afraid to say the word ‘union,’ not when I grew […]

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9/7/2020

JOE BIDEN/MIDDLE CLASS/UNIONS: “Folks have figured out, it’s not the financial wizards of Wall Street that made this country run, or make it run. It’s you, America’s essential workers. You’re the folks breaking your necks, risking your lives, keeping the country going, in our hospitals, on our streets, in our schools. I’ve said it time […]

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8/13/2020

JOE BIDEN/UNION: “Well the unions own Biden. He doesn’t even know it. Joe doesn’t even know he’s alive, but the unions own Biden. They own the radical left. They own Pelosi and Schumer. And they will do anything for the unions, including destroy the future of our children.” -Donald Trump in an interview with Maria […]

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8/12/2020

DEMS/EDUCATION/UNION: “I’d like to see the money follow the student. If a school is going to be closed, and we’re giving all of this money on the federal basis to a school, and if a student is going to go to a different school… I think the money should follow the student. And that’s something […]

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8/12/2020

DEMS/EDUCATION/UNION: “You have to have school choice. Every parent should be able to send their child to the public or private charter, religious or independent school of their choice. And we want to do that. And the Democrats are totally opposed to it because they are totally in the pocket of the unions.” -Donald Trump […]

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7/21/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/UNIONS: “We need to pay and support caregivers beyond what they are now. They’re doing God’s work, but home health workers aren’t paid much, they have few benefits. 40% are still on SNAP or Medicaid. So my plan is direct. It gives caregivers and early childhood educators a much needed raise. No one […]

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6/19/2020

DEMS/EDUCATION/UNION: “Why are Democrats and unions working against life-changing school choice for underserved children? President Trump supports SCHOOL CHOICE! #SchoolChoiceNow“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2020 10:24 am […]

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11/1/2019

JOE BIDEN/MIDDLE CLASS/UNION: “Look, what’s happened around America is, look at the efforts to prevent unions from organizing. Look at the efforts that now you have to sign non-compete agreements if you for a fast-food chain, so you won’t go across town to get another job at a fast-food chain. Look at what’s happening to […]

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11/1/2019

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “Look, what’s happened around America is, look at the efforts to prevent unions from organizing. Look at the efforts that now you have to sign non-compete agreements if you for a fast-food chain, so you won’t go across town to get another job at a fast-food chain. Look at what’s happening to the […]

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9/2/2019

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Just watched AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on @FoxNews and thought to myself how different he is on TV than he is when he is with me at the White House. Likes what we are doing until the cameras go on. We got robbed on Trade and everything else while his Dems just […]

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8/16/2019

JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “One of the nation’s largest labor groups embraced Donald Trump at the start of his presidency, in hopes he would create construction jobs and retreat from proposals that might reduce workers’ wages. But now the two sides are on the brink of war, endangering a key bloc of Trump’s support in Midwestern […]

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5/3/2019

FIRST RESPONDERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “The International Association of Firefighters Union is rebelling on their very foolish leader. Perhaps they will vote him out of office. He doesn’t get it! https://t.co/NmaasMxOLE https://t.co/7tMG5NtvwO” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2019 5:53 pm […]

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5/1/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “RT @RealDanKida: @dbongino The Unions have become Corporations representing themselves, Our President represents the people. #MAGA @realDon…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:13 am […]

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5/1/2019

LAWSUIT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UNION: “RT @mw_canterbury: @dbongino This is why more lawsuits are going to presented by union members because of misrepresentation by the top eche…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:08 am […]

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4/29/2019

UNION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ll never get the support of Dues Crazy union leadership, those people who rip-off their membership with ridiculously high dues, medical and other expenses while being paid a fortune. But the members love Trump. They look at our record economy, tax & reg cuts, military etc. WIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, […]

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9/20/2018

COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION/VA: “A union that represents employees at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Missouri has asked a federal judge to hold the agency in contempt of her ruling that struck down key provisions of three executive orders on federal civil service issued by President Donald Trump. Local 3399 of the American Federation […]

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9/19/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Thirteen United Steelworkers locals representing about 15,000 workers authorized a strike against Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the USW announced Tuesday [9-18-18]. Members last week authorized a strike against U.S. Steel, arguing that the two companies (which together account for 40 percent of all flat-rolled steel production in the U.S.) weren’t passing through to workers […]

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9/3/2018

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, represented his union poorly on television this weekend. Some of the things he said were so against the working men and women of our country, and the success of the U.S. itself, that it is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. A […]

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9/3/2018

LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Labor Day hit back at Richard Trumka, president of the United States’ largest federation of labor unions, after Trumka said on Sunday [9-2-18] that the president’s policies had hurt American workers. Trumka, who is head of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), […]

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9/3/2018

DEMS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, represented his union poorly on television this weekend. Some of the things he said were so againt the working men and women of our country, and the success of the U.S. itself, that it is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. A […]

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8/25/2018

LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “A U.S. federal judge on Saturday [8-25-18] rejected key elements of President Donald Trump’s May executive orders that would make it easier to fire federal employees and reduce their ability to bargain collectively. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said in a court order […]

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7/19/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Richard Smallwood describes himself as a ‘pretty far right-wing conservative’ and a longtime supporter of President Trump. But like many in the auto industry, Mr. Smallwood, the president of the tire company Sumitomo Rubber North America, has been puzzled and dismayed by the president’s proposal to slap tariffs on foreign automobiles and […]

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7/19/2018

COMMERCE/CRISIS/ECONOMY/EDUCATION/JOBS/LABOR/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/UNION: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to provide a coordinated process for developing a national strategy to ensure that America’s students and workers have access to affordable, relevant, and innovative education and job training that will equip them […]

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6/27/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday [6-27-18] dealt a big blow to organized labor, ruling that non-members cannot be forced in certain states to pay fees to unions representing public employees such as teachers and police, shutting off a key union revenue source. The 5-4 ruling overturned a 1977 Supreme Court […]

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6/27/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Supreme Court rules in favor of non-union workers who are now, as an example, able to support a candidate of his or her choice without having those who control the Union deciding for them. Big loss for the coffers of the Democrats!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 9:11 am […]

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3/22/18

CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “The main U.S. coal miners’ union is set to endorse two Democrats running for Congress in West Virginia, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday [3-22-18]- a boost for Democrats trying to win over a constituency that voted heavily for Republican Donald Trump in 2016.The United Mine Workers of America […]

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2/13/2017

ECONOMY/UNION: “Boeing came to South Carolina more than seven years ago to establish a second assembly line for its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. At least part of the attraction, analysts said, was the area’s lightly unionized labor force — giving the company more leverage over the union at its main operations outside Seattle. Now that equation […]

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