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Teamsters Vote to Authorize a Strike at UPS On June 5, over 90 percent of the 250,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters working for United Parcel Service and UPS Freight voted to authorize a strike if needed in current contract negotiations. The vote sets up a major test case for President Trump's claims that savings from the massive corporate tax cut pushed through by Republicans in Congress last fall will result in higher wages for American workers. UPS is a member of the American Exchange Legislative Council. ALEC strongly supported the Republican tax cuts. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC's Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide ALEC named Missouri Republican state Rep. Bruce DeGroot as a "Legislator of the Week" in June. Why is ALEC so fond of DeGroot? Because he has cheerfully championed ALEC legislation to restrict the right of terminally ill, asbestos victims to sue over mesothelioma. In doing so, DeGroot is helping the many U.S. companies, including ALEC funders Koch Industries and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, that have asbestos-related liability. Read the rest of this item here. EPIC Fail: Supreme Court Turns Back the Clock to Strip Workers of Power When unemployment drops and labor markets tighten, wages are expected to rise, but few workers are seeing more money in their paychecks since unemployment dipped below 4 percent this month. Economists agree that a key variable in the wage stagnation is the inability of the vast majority of American workers to join together to demand higher wages. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis that businesses can prohibit their workers from banding together to battle their employers in court in disputes over pay and workplace conditions. Read the rest of this item here. Novartis and Cohen: Two of a Kind "Yesterday was not a good day for Novartis." That's what the chief executive of the pharmaceutical giant told his staff in the wake of embarrassing reports that it was among a handful of large corporations that made questionable payments to President Trump's personal fixer Michael Cohen. Novartis ultimately admitted it was a "mistake." Read the rest of this item here.