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Unions Play a Major Role in Helping America’s Middle Class

Encouraging union membership is essential to supporting middle-class workers.

By David Madland and Divya Vijay

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Essential Work, Disposable Workers: Why Home Care Workers Need Labor Protections

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to strengthen protections for home care workers.

By Malkie Wall

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3 Pro-Union Reforms To Improve Tax Fairness for American Workers

Federal policymakers should take steps to reverse anti-union biases in the U.S. tax code and build power for workers.

By David Madland and Malkie Wall

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Memo: Republican Stonewalling of Real Relief Is Setting the Stage for a Series of Catastrophes for Working-Class Americans, Small Businesses, and Public Services

With the expiration of many important CARES Act provisions, tens of millions of working-class Americans and small businesses are not getting the support they need to weather the pandemic and survive the economic fallout it spurred.

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President Trump’s Repeated Threats to Social Security

President Trump has made it clear, again and again, that he intends to defund Social Security.

By Will Ragland

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Congressional Resources for the Next—and Final—Coronavirus Stimulus Package

President Trump’s failed leadership has left Americans in a worse scenario than when the pandemic began. It is now time for members of Congress and their staff to act in order to prevent further calamity.

By the Center for American Progress Action Fund

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Memo: Democrats Should Only Support an Economic Package That Provides Stability and Addresses the True Economic Pain Americans Are Experiencing

Democrats should demand the next coronavirus relief package address the real pain Americans are feeling and provide long-term stability, not just a short-term patch to set up further political hostage-taking.

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