TNWorkers

Protecting and promoting the Rights of Tennessee's Working Families.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Your reminder that a health insurance company is most profitable when it’s denying the most claims and letting their customers die.

[FloridaKeys *️⃣ DemCastFL Lead @DemsKeys]

Voodoo Trumpanomics
Let’s hear you say it for the next 4 years.
#DemCastFL

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Opinion | The Biden administration has delivered an impressive economic recovery, but many voters remember lower prices under Trump.

Here are 17 charts comparing Trump’s economy vs. Biden’s.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Trump’s tariff plans will raise prices for foods that we import from Mexico — that includes beer, berries, tomatoes, avocados, and more.

cc: @washingtonpost

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Suing monopolies. Banning noncompetes. Challenging pharma patents that keep Rx costs high. Making it easier to cancel subscriptions. Clamping down on fake reviews that mislead shoppers.

All recently done by the FTC.

This is why people like Mnuchin want to gut the agency.

[TNWorkers @TNWorkers]

And Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda will place unnecessary stress on the construction industry!

@SteveRattner @RBReich @AFLCIO @SEIU @tnaflcio @MidTNDSA @NashvilleCLC @TN4ALL @NashvilleResist @memphislab

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Today, the median homebuyer is over 15 years older than the median buyer in 2000.

Homeownership has steadily moved out of reach for young Americans — we need to build more homes.

cc: @washingtonpost

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Yes.

We waste hundreds of billions a year on health care administrative expenses that make insurance CEOs and wealthy stockholders incredibly rich while 85 million Americans go uninsured or underinsured.

Health care is a human right.

We need Medicare for All.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

PRESIDENT BIDEN: “I hope Trump re-thinks the tariffs, I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do— we’re surrounded by 2 oceans and 2 allies: Mexico and Canada. The last thing we need to do is screw up those relationships.”

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Higher prices for consumers. And virtually endless opportunities for corruption. https://t.co/pvWTBmkd2X

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in over a decade, say it's the federal government’s responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage, according to new Gallup polling.

https://t.co/Jke0MSSDfF

[Liz Shuler @LizShuler]

It’s outrageous that CEO pay continues to skyrocket while working families struggle. 

Check out our 2024 Executive Paywatch to see how corporate greed fuels inequality:

https://t.co/5MMHXRgvU0

[Tennessee Senate Democrats @TNSenateDems]

We love it when Republicans steal our good ideas to help everyday families like cutting TN's grocery tax.

But they also deleted the fiscally responsible part of our bill, offering no way to pay for it. So the GOP bill cuts the grocery tax — and cuts funding for roads & schools.

[Tennessee AFL-CIO @tnaflcio]

Another victory for the @UAW in 2024! #1u
https://t.co/AqikJP9Qyd

[Central Labor Council of Nashville & Mid TN @NashvilleCLC]

Our last meeting of the year will take place next Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 7PM. Executive Board will meet at 6PM. This is meeting will be virtual. Check your email for the link to join!

[Tennessee Senate Democrats @TNSenateDems]

As you prepare for Thanksgiving, remember it’s Democrats who filed legislation to cut costs for everyday families by repealing Tennessee’s grocery tax.

Republican lawmakers blocked our bill last year and gave corporations a $1.9 billion tax handout. https://t.co/rT3XVU2al8

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Researchers at the London School of Economics found that 50 years of tax cuts for the wealthy did not trickle down to the middle class and only served to help the rich get richer.

What does Trump have planned for his second term? Even more trickle-down nonsense.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

How come we don't talk about class in America?

Because when you talk about class, you risk working people coming together and taking back power from the top 1% of our society.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Walmart didn’t “cave” to conservative pressure and kill their DEI programs.

They helped bankroll Project 2025.

They are the conservative pressure.
https://t.co/COzzowl9Rv

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

New polling found that 82% of voters think one of the biggest problems facing America today is the concentration of power in the hands of just a few corporations and wealthy individuals — and that the govt is doing little to stop them.

They're right. Here's how it got so bad.