You may have heard of Project 2025. Political groups and pundits are raising red flags about it. News organizations are writing stories. Friends are saying, “have you seen this?” in online communities. Even Vice President Kamala Harris is talking about it on the campaign trail. And for good reason — it is frighteningly anti-democratic and goes against what the vast majority of Americans want for our country — so we want to make sure you have everything you need to know about it.

Here is a video of his speech. In it, he said the American worker is being taken for granted. “The American people aren’t stupid. They know the system is broken. We all know how Washington is run. Working people have no chance of winning this fight. That’s why I’m here today, because I refuse to keep doing the same things my predecessors did,"

Here is an article from the Snoqualmie Valley Record regarding the resignation of City Manager, Ana Cortez.

The "Freedom" Foundation is a vicious anti-worker group funded by corporate billionaires and Wall Street CEOs. They are trying to use a recent Supreme Court case to weaken and divide public workers, so they can lower our pay, and the rich can get richer.

We also spoke with Jason Powell, the president of Teamsters Local 763, which represents around 150 Kent School District bus drivers and transportation assistants. “In multiple occasions, bonds or levies have failed. That shows that the community members are not buying what the current superintendent and board are selling them. They are not reaching the voters in a way that at their level of leadership they need to have the ability to do,” he said. While the union has a good relationship with transportation management and other departments, Powell said, it’s important for them to support other union workers.

Carnation has been ordered to reinstate and issue back pay to four city employees who were laid off in 2023. The third-party arbitrator has ordered Carnation to stop contracting out union work, issue full back pay, and offer to reinstate the employees, according to the arbitration document.

The group named nine reasons for asking for the resignations. They included replacing union employees with non-represented employees and disregarding concerns raised by community members.

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