Republican Platform Outlines Union-Busting Agenda
October 5, 2012
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UE Political Action Updates
Election Fraud: Republicans Hope to Win by Turning Away Voters
August 16, 2012
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Early Voting: Making Election Participation Easier
August 14, 2012
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Early voting is voting before Election Day, generally in person at election offices and in some states, other public locations. It differs from absentee balloting, which is almost always a mail-in ballot. Early voting is a helpful tool for increasing voter participation, especially for busy working people.
Urgent: Voter Registration Deadlines and Information
July 27, 2012
You can't vote if you are not registered to vote, and in almost every state you must register well ahead of the election. This year Election Day is Tuesday, November 6, and some states will still hold primary elections before then, so you need to know if that affects the timing of your registration.
How the Affordable Care Act Affects Collective Bargaining
June 29, 2012
UE locals bargaining for their members' healthcare will get little help from the Affordable Care Act passed by Congress and signed by the president in 2010, and upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012. While millions of uninsured gain access to coverage, and for the first time the U.S. government will prohibit health insurance companies to deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions, there are harmful aspects to the new law. Much as NAFTA legitimized cross-border corporate exploitation of workers, ACA confirms the domination of healthcare in the U.S.
The War on Women is Real
June 26, 2012
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Bernie Sanders Blasts "Fiscal Summit" Aimed at Attacking Social Security
May 16, 2012
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| Senator Sanders blasts the Pete Peterson "fiscal summit" and continuing efforts to destroy Social Security. |
Taxing Thoughts: How the Tax System Became So Unfair
April 27, 2012
No one likes to pay taxes. Even if you don't begrudge the government taking part of your paycheck, tax season is a stressful time, as many of us worry that we'll do a calculation wrong or get an audit letter from the IRS.
Taxes aren't a force of nature. Who gets taxed, and how much, is the result of laws that are the product of political struggles over the past century. There is plenty that is wrong with the U.S. tax system. To understand how we ended up where we are, it helps to look at the history of taxation in the U.S.