The Nation: There Is No Greater Threat to Worker Rights Than This Republican Party
Berry Craig
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was published on Sept. 3
Despite what it says, the GOP is the party of capital, not labor.
By JOHN NICHOLS
With the approach of another Labor Day, it is clear that American workers could use some help. There are jobs to be had—but without a living wage or the workplace protections that are more necessary than ever in this pandemic age. The federal minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour, no higher that it was in 2009. And working people who want to form unions and bargain for better pay are constrained in the majority of states by so-called “right to work” laws that empower multinational corporations like Amazon to thwart organizing drives.