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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Aram via Peace-discuss<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 25, 2018 10:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Peace-discuss <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Who is financing the attack on public-sector unions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 handful of powerful organizations are financing an attack on unions’ ability to represent workers</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">The upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Janus v. AFSCME Council 31</span></em>—and previous cases
 challenging unions’ right to collect “fair share” fees from nonmembers—have been financed by a small group of foundations with ties to the largest and most powerful corporate lobbies. A<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepi.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dec2361f981a14ee1d45cccaa9%26id%3D3955a3baef%26e%3D446a0a5f1e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C061abde7459a4f58971a08d57c50e057%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551609164269345&sdata=Qy%2FtjTnmTXfa%2BaJINF10aNZ7lN7VfJ%2F2sUu6t3dG9wk%3D&reserved=0"><b><span style="color:#0090B4;text-decoration:none">new
 report</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>by EPI’s Celine McNicholas and Zane Mokhiber identifies those foundations and argues that a political system dominated by moneyed interests leaves working people with little power if they do
 not have an effective way to pool their resources. The decision in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Janus</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will determine the future of effective
 unions, democratic decision-making in the workplace, and the preservation of good, middle-class jobs in public employment.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepi.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dec2361f981a14ee1d45cccaa9%26id%3Dc5792b9236%26e%3D446a0a5f1e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C061abde7459a4f58971a08d57c50e057%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551609164269345&sdata=hW5FenkxpOWn90vT1UsawTO0wKgSzPjjKfD78p6%2FGwo%3D&reserved=0"><b><span style="color:#0090B4;text-decoration:none">Read
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In a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepi.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dec2361f981a14ee1d45cccaa9%26id%3Da6895f937a%26e%3D446a0a5f1e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C061abde7459a4f58971a08d57c50e057%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551609164425603&sdata=weK5AuETa0u9QEqHCiND1QTQ9cstj0DWhFkdpUcgpZQ%3D&reserved=0"><b><span style="color:#0090B4;text-decoration:none">new
 report</span></b></a>, EPI’s Valerie Wilson and Janelle Jones examine how trends in annual work hours among prime-age workers since 1979 diverge along the lines of gender, race, and class. They find that prime-age adults (ages 25–54) are increasingly separating
 into two groups: those who are employed and working more hours than ever before, and those growing number who have fallen out of the labor market—or cannot get into it at all.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepi.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dec2361f981a14ee1d45cccaa9%26id%3Da316ae57e8%26e%3D446a0a5f1e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C061abde7459a4f58971a08d57c50e057%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551609164425603&sdata=oxeLabF0pfyfiGeGbHN4Xq7qhNi9Kxla%2BupKmHhlW0Q%3D&reserved=0"><b><span style="color:#0090B4;text-decoration:none">Read
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February 22, 2018, marks Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) women’s equal pay day, which calls attention to the pay disparity between AAPI women and white men. In a <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepi.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dec2361f981a14ee1d45cccaa9%26id%3D3f3d255165%26e%3D446a0a5f1e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C061abde7459a4f58971a08d57c50e057%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551609164425603&sdata=E7x80NpmzupwSAk3wnXoNOnbVDV4YpwkP6r%2Fm6kfGRE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0090B4;text-decoration:none">new
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<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">From the EPI blog</span></strong><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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 Hatch’s H-1B bill and other guestworker proposals should be kept out of Senate immigration debate</span></b></a><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">By Daniel Costa</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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 the stock market isn’t throwing a tantrum because the economy is “overstimulated”</span></b></a><br>
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 Washington Post</span></b></em></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>quoted EPI’s Heidi Shierholz on why workers shouldn’t fear automation.  “There will be people who get hurt by automation, but we have zero evidence it will actually reduce the overall
 number of jobs in the economy,” said Shierholz. |<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepi.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dec2361f981a14ee1d45cccaa9%26id%3Dbe23be68ee%26e%3D446a0a5f1e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C061abde7459a4f58971a08d57c50e057%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551609164581855&sdata=rSMlHfBqOMaBHsdgQISXQHxpzxAEl1Gq68DcnuJvMhs%3D&reserved=0"><b><span style="color:#0090B4;text-decoration:none">GOP
 Senator Suggests We Need Fewer Immigrants Because Robots Are Coming »</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 the Commerce Department to take long overdue action to protect U.S. steel and aluminum production by imposing strong restrictions on imports of steel and aluminum products. |<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepi.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dec2361f981a14ee1d45cccaa9%26id%3Da4d12ad274%26e%3D446a0a5f1e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C061abde7459a4f58971a08d57c50e057%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551609164581855&sdata=69ATJYjA2avvg4WMzAl9yy2bHlcAA5v%2FFpExMarl33k%3D&reserved=0"><b><span style="color:#0090B4;text-decoration:none">Proposed
 U.S. Crackdown on Aluminum, Steel Imports Roils Stocks »</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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