Corporations and anti-union forces are cannibalizing this country’s job base and the fight is happening on a number of fronts, from bad trade deals to right to work, and from misclassifying workers to stealing their wages.

There are very few politicians willing to go to bat for working families and the rights of workers because they fear upsetting the businesses and industries which fund their campaigns and have a stranglehold on government. That is why so much bad legislation is steamrolling its way through state legislatures and the federal government. There are too many examples of bad legislative ideas to list here, but here’s a sampling: Rep. Eric Cantor, the Republican House Majority Leader, wants to allow employers to skimp on overtime pay; the Koch brothers want to do away with the minimum wage; Republican politicians want to enact nationwide right-to-work laws, gut Social Security and privatize public industries.

There is only one group actively fighting for the rights of working families: labor unions. The Teamsters Union has been using every weapon in its arsenal to push back against these well-funded attacks on workers’ rights, wages and benefits.

“Corporations have money on their side, but we have the boots on the ground,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “Those boots don’t mean a thing if they aren’t marching.” Click Here to Read More