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Taylor Rogers, a White House spokeswoman, said Mr. Trump had “delivered historic results,” including “increasing wages, codifying tax relief for hard-working families” and restoring domestic manufactu... 0.900

👤 Taylor Rogers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics

Simplified: Taylor Rogers said Trump had delivered historic results including increasing wages codifying tax relief and restoring domestic manufacturing jobs.

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Mr. Trump’s policy law benefits the wealthy while cutting social safety net programs like Medicaid and food assistance. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics

Simplified: Trump's policy law benefits the wealthy while cutting social safety net programs.

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But labor leaders said most of his actions since taking office, like ending labor protections for federal employees, showed that the outreach had been disingenuous. 0.900

👤 Labor leaders 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Labor leaders said Trump's actions like ending labor protections for federal employees showed outreach had been disingenuous.

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Republicans made overtures to working-class voters last year, earning particular support from the Teamsters. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Republicans made overtures to working-class voters last year earning support from the Teamsters.

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Both Mr. Trump’s labor secretary pick and his “no tax on tips” proposal, now a temporary deduction signed into law, were popular with unions. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Trump's labor secretary pick and no tax on tips proposal were popular with unions.

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He cautioned that if Democrats did not promote more candidates who understand kitchen-table issues, the union would consider backing independents, Republicans or its own members. 0.900

👤 Ted Pappageorge 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Ted Pappageorge cautioned if Democrats did not promote candidates who understand kitchen-table issues the union would consider backing independents Re...

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The Nevada Democratic Party pointed to a list of bills aimed at raising wages and lowering prices that it had supported, even as its executive director, Hilary Barrett, acknowledged, “There’s much mor... 0.900

👤 The Nevada Democratic Party 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics

Simplified: Nevada Democratic Party supported bills aimed at raising wages and lowering prices.

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The No. 1 issue was the economy, and nationally, Democrats were tone-deaf about that,” Mr. Pappageorge said, adding, “If the candidates are all lawyers and developers and managers, then maybe that’s p... 0.900

👤 Ted Pappageorge 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics

Simplified: Ted Pappageorge said the number one issue was the economy Democrats were tone-deaf about that.

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Even as the union campaigned for Ms. Harris last fall, Ted Pappageorge, the union’s secretary-treasurer, repeatedly warned Democrats that they were not focusing enough on affordability and were poised... 0.900

👤 Ted Pappageorge 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Ted Pappageorge warned Democrats they were not focusing enough on affordability and were poised to lose Nevada.

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And it ran two candidates in Democratic legislative primaries, a nurse who lost her bid to oust an incumbent Democrat and a food server and union member who defeated a candidate backed by party leader... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Union ran two candidates in Democratic legislative primaries one lost one defeated candidate backed by party leaders.

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Last year, the union withdrew its endorsement from more than a dozen Democratic candidates over their room cleaning votes, drawing a red line through their names on an endorsement guide. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Union withdrew endorsement from more than a dozen Democratic candidates last year over room cleaning votes.

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The union’s legion of cooks and waiters who campaign door to door are a key pillar of the so-called Reid Machine, the highly organized operation that delivered Democrati 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: The Culinary Workers Union's cooks and waiters who campaign door to door are a key pillar of the Reid Machine.

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But conflict has been building in recent years, with the union especially angry that Democrats in the State Legislature helped end mandatory daily hotel room cleanings, a Covid-era safety measure, in... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government , Labor

Simplified: Conflict has been building Democrats in State Legislature ended mandatory daily hotel room cleanings in 2023.

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In Las Vegas, the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union has a different approach. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor , Statistics

Simplified: The 60000-member Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas has a different approach.

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Its “Building Union Power” campaign hopes to restore the trust among members that leaders believe has faded over the years, by traveling the country to educate workers about the history of the labor m... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor , History

Simplified: The Building Union Power campaign hopes to restore trust among members by educating workers about the history of the labor movement.

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Mr. Williams’s trade union has a similar effort underway. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Jimmy Williams's trade union has a similar effort underway.

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The union has also turned to podcasts and influencers, using TikTok filters, connecting content creators with labor policy experts and collaborating on sponsored content. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union has turned to podcasts and influencers using TikTok filters.

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Lee Saunders, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said he and other leaders were working to reach their 1.1 million members, holding more than 70 virtual... 0.900

👤 Lee Saunders 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor , Statistics

Simplified: Lee Saunders and other leaders are working to reach their 1.1 million members holding more than 70 town halls.

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They need to go out to job sites, not just mail something to their home and hope that they read it and understand it,” said Mr. Osborn, who for years was the president of a food processing union in th... 0.900

👤 Dan Osborn 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Labor leaders need to go out to job sites not just mail something to their home according to Dan Osborn.

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Two union leaders left their posts at the D.N.C. in June over concerns the group had become too insular. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Labor

Simplified: Two union leaders left DNC posts in June over concerns the group had become too insular.

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