General President James P. Hoffa

A Small Step for Working Families

The government bailout of Wall Street was a small first step in addressing the crisis that working families are facing across the nation. Though ultimately necessary, the bailout failed to embrace a number of issues that would help Main Street right now—such as pension amortization and giving bankruptcy judges the power to help homeowners stay in their homes.

One positive development for working families was the decision by Congress to fund a $25 billion loan package to automakers as part of a giant spending bill. The idea is that America’s auto industry will jump start itself through a government-funded revamp of auto manufacturing.

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Truck the GAP: Jeff the Trucker is a Better Symbol of America's Workers
 

Forget Joe the Plumber. One of America's real working class heroes is Jeff the truck driver. Jeff Wallace, 43, has been on the picket lines for six weeks, fighting for good healthcare and making sure he has something to walk away with when he retires from his grueling job at Oak Harbor Freight Lines, where he's worked for 14 years.

This week Jeff, was hit on the picket line by a replacement worker in a pick-up truck who then drove away. 

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