Why does Trump attack unions so much? Because he and the oligarchs backing him know that labor’s collective power far outweighs their own power — and that terrifies them. Watch. | Robert Reich
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Why does Trump attack unions so much? Because he and the oligarchs backing him know that labor’s collective power far outweighs their own power — and that terrifies them. Watch. | Robert Reich
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WATCH: Great video from labor economist Robert Reich explaining the importance of unions and why more workers need to organize! | Teamsters
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WATCH: Great video from labor economist Robert Reich explaining the importance of unions and why more workers need to organize! | Teamsters
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Wealthy corporations and their enablers have spread 5 big lies about unions in order to stop workers from organizing and protect their own bottom-lines. Know the truth. | Robert Reich
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Wealthy corporations and their enablers have spread 5 big lies about unions in order to stop workers from organizing and protect their own bottom-lines. Know the truth. | Robert Reich
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You might have missed this, but the Supreme Court made it easier for employers to fire union organizers without repercussions. | Robert Reich
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You might have missed this, but the Supreme Court made it easier for employers to fire union organizers without repercussions. | Robert Reich
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Excited for the weekend? You can thank labor unions for that! Massive union strikes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries led to shorter work weeks with weekends off. Can you imagine what else we can win after building back a powerful labor movement? | Robert Reich
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Excited for the weekend? You can thank labor unions for that! Massive union strikes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries led to shorter work weeks with weekends off. Can you imagine what else we can win after building back a powerful labor movement? | Robert Reich
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Labor Day is in honor of American unions -- which gave us the weekend, the 40-hour workweek, were instrumental in improving worker safety and unemployment insurance, and -- most importantly -- gave middle-class Americans the bargaining power they needed in the three decades after World War II to get a fair share of the economic gains. But the demise of unions has also contributed to the demise of the middle class and the persistence of poverty even among the working poor. That's why we need to s
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Labor Day is in honor of American unions -- which gave us the weekend, the 40-hour workweek, were instrumental in improving worker safety and unemployment insurance, and -- most importantly -- gave middle-class Americans the bargaining power they needed in the three decades after World War II to get a fair share of the economic gains. But the demise of unions has also contributed to the demise of the middle class and the persistence of poverty even among the working poor. That's why we need to s
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Watch former labor secretary Robert Reich's lectures to find out, now streaming for free. | Robert Reich
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Who voted for this? | Robert Reich
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With divisions this deep in America, it can often feel like we can't agree on anything. Our latest video explains the 5 principles that still unite us in these dark times. | Robert Reich
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71% of Americans approve of unions. So why do nearly all Republican lawmakers in Congress oppose proposals that would make it easier to unionize? It’s simple: they’re terrified. Nothing scares the GOP more than working people recognizing their collective power. | Robert Reich
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Why should any member of Congress attend Trump's state of the union address? He only continues to spread lies, divide us, and bring shame to the country. Tell Congress to boycott the state of the union. | Robert Reich
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America was reminded of an important lesson this week. Watch. | Robert Reich
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Citizens United after five years. | Robert Reich
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The Citizens United disaster, in a nutshell: In 2008, before the ruling, billionaires contributed $31 million to federal campaigns. In 2020, billionaires contributed $1.2 billion. That’s almost a 40-fold increase. It never had to be like this. | Robert Reich
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While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line! Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders. Listen to what they had to say. | Robert Reich
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Trump wants the rich to be richer, unions to be weaker, and everyone else to be easier to exploit. He's not ushering in a New Golden Age. He's taking us back to the Gilded Age. This couldn't be clearer one year into his second term in office. | Robert Reich
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'I regret that I didn't fight harder,' former labor secretary Robert Reich says
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The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. | Robert Reich
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If you don't live in a "swing state," your vote still counts, but it's worth a lot less. Here's how we can reform the Electoral College to fix that. NOTE: Since making this video, we've come one step closer, with Minnesota joining the map. | Robert Reich
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The biggest political phenomenon of our era is a revolt against the established "ruling class" of America, but the revolt is expressing itself in two fundamentally different ways. Please see below. | Robert Reich
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From bandaged ears to hateful smears, Heather Lofthouse of Inequality Media Civic Action and I break down this week's news in the Coffee Klatch. Please pour yourself a cup and join us. | Robert Reich
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The House and Senate are back in session this week. Who else thinks it's time to ban members of Congress from trading stocks? | Robert Reich
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"Trump is falling back on the old, Republican, trickle-down economics… Now we saw with Ronald Reagan and George W Bush and Donald Trump… nothing trickled down!" I got into the differences between Trumpnomics and Kamalanomics with Joy Reid on MSNBC Watch this. | Robert Reich
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Elon Musk's PACs have spent millions backing Trump loyalist Brad Schimel in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race. If Schimel wins, the court could uphold a total abortion ban, attacks on unions, and gerrymandered maps — and change state law to benefit Tesla. Watch. | Robert Reich
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How Ronald Reagan led the 1960 actors’ strike – and then became an anti-union president
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Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich launches a new talk show and discusses the latest on impeachment. He then talks with Katie Milne from the Inequality Media team about the Senate trial, the bombshell John Bolton news, witnesses, and the outright crazy things Donald Trump’s lawyers and GOP lackeys are saying to try to acquit our lawless president. They also discuss Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address, the Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders’ rise in the polls, Michael Bloomberg attempt
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What Comes After No Kings?
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Robert Reich in Los Angeles on Income Inequality
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Chapter 1 | Part 1 | Reagan | American Experience | PBS
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