LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, February 14, 2025
Top Stories: Colorado's budget woes; Josh Hawley's pro-union realignment; Right-to-Work stalls in New Hampshire; In an AI economy, who will pay the taxes? & dozens more articles...
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Colorado budget crisis imperils state worker raises, threatening to break union contract
As they look to close a spending gap of roughly $1 billion, Colorado budget writers say they won’t rule out eliminating pay raises or reducing benefits owed to state employees under the current union contract.
'The Realignment': GOP Sen. Hawley To Introduce Pro-Union Legislation
He was the first president to walk a picket line. And he crowed regularly about being the “most pro-union" president ever. But after four years as president, Joe Biden could not stop a growing working-class coalition, one that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, from flocking to Donald Trump.
‘Right-to-work’ legislation stalls again in NH House
Twenty-five New Hampshire House Republicans joined with Democrats on Thursday to defeat the latest effort to pass ‘right-to-work’ legislation.
The impending AI-driven jobless economy: Who will pay taxes?
Whether it's taxing AI work or something else, we need to come up with some plan and start implementing it now.
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