At the Democratic National Convention that was held in Chicago last week, Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su said: “Workers in their Unions are the biggest exercise in Democracy.”  The opposing ticket in the Presidential race, Trump-Vance of the Republican Party, claimed that their platform represents Working Families in the U.S., but Organized Labor isn’t buying it.  Su continued: “You cannot be pro-Elon Musk and be Pro-Worker.  You cannot be Anti-Immigrant and Pro-Worker.  You cannot be against voting rights and Pro-Worker.  You cannot be pro-sexual harassment and Pro-Worker.  You especially cannot be Anti-Union and Pro-Worker!”  Meanwhile, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) President Kenny Cooper went back to the previous administration to illustrate the point.  During the last Congress under Donald Trump, the Trade Union Movement was attempting to secure funding for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which is responsible for maintaining and continuing Defined Benefit Pension Plans.  Republicans offered up $3 billion on their end, but then told Workers and their Unions that they’d have to come up with $4 billion on their own.

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