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Chairman Yarmuth on November Jobs Report

Washington, D.C.— Today, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment inc

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Battle Creek Enquirer

By Nick Buckley

December 2, 2021

Psst! Here's the scoop on the media's anti-union bias

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series on media bias. Before your webmaster-editor turned to teaching, I was a full-time daily newspaper reporter. While I'm retired from the classroom, I'm still an active journalist and chip in commentary online for Forward Kentucky, People's World and LA Progressive and for newspapers including the Louisville Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader. l. I'm happy to meet with local unions--in person or via Zoom--to talk about ways to improve union-media relations.

Beware: Medicare's open enrollment is open season for scammers

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you're among the millions of union retirees on Medicare or have loved ones who are, you should be skeptical of these TV commercials touting "Medicare advantage" plans. Our good friend Kay Tillow of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care sent us these stories that warn against scammers. (Tillow's group meets via Zoom tonight from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

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