Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports as bombs continue to fall and the death toll continues to mount from the U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran, a growing number of Labor Unions are demanding an immediate end to the unconstitutional and “reckless aggression,” pointing out the Working Class will bear the heaviest price for a war they never wanted or consented to. In the U.S., Nurses, Electrical Workers, Service Employees and Auto Workers are joining their international siblings in condemning the strikes, which have already killed more than 1,000 Iranians - including at least 150 at a young girls’ school, along with at least four U.S. Service Members. Reports of dead Americans range from those four to as many as 11, including civilians at different locations in the Middle East. Organized Labor is drawing a direct line between the multi-billion dollars spent on wars and the austerity being forced on Working Families at home. In a blistering statement, National Nurses United (NNU) condemned the Trump regime for committing “yet another imperialist act of war without approval from Congress: “Just like Trump’s unilateral military action in Venezuela, the U.S. attack on Iran is paid for by our patients: Working-Class People across the United States who are already struggling here at home to afford basic necessities such as health care, food and housing.” NNU drew a sharp contrast between the Trump regime’s priorities abroad and its so-called domestic agenda. While Trump and the Republicans “prioritize spending on war abroad,” they are simultaneously “gutting Medicaid and Medicare, refusing to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and proving that they run the United States to benefit only billionaires and corporations,” the NNU said.

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