About 200 people demonstrated in support of Cayuga County workers on Labor Day in downtown Auburn.
Indivisible Cayuga organized a rally at the corner of South and Genesee streets as part of the national Workers Over Billionaires Labor Day of Action, the group said in a news release. As some played drums, rang bells and chanted, attendees waved signs criticizing the Trump administration's actions against unions and cuts to critical services for working families like SNAP and Medicaid.
People demonstrate in support of Cayuga County workers at a Labor Day rally organized by Indivisible Cayuga on Sept. 1 in downtown Auburn.
鈥淭rump is proving to be the most anti-union and anti-worker president ever鈥, said Brian Teucke, of Auburn. 鈥淗is canceling of federal workers union rights is the latest move, along with putting anti-union sycophants on the National Labor Relations Board.鈥
Teucke, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan in 2011, continued: 鈥淰A employees had their union rights stolen from them by the Trump administration. Cutting staff from the VA and stripping away the union rights of those remaining will have a devastating impact on the quality and timeliness of the care the nation has promised to those who were sent to war.鈥
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People demonstrate in support of Cayuga County workers at a Labor Day rally organized by Indivisible Cayuga on Sept. 1 in downtown Auburn.
The demonstration followed several others organized by Indivisible Cayuga in downtown Auburn since the spring.
Demonstrators on Monday also collected nonperishable food items and monetary donations for CNY TomatoFest, taking place Saturday at Fingerlakes Mall.
People demonstrate in support of Cayuga County workers at a Labor Day rally organized by Indivisible Cayuga on Sept. 1 in downtown Auburn.
鈥淚ndivisible Cayuga knows that our local food pantries are going to be under much greater pressure to meet people鈥檚 basic nutrition needs, all because the Trump administration wanted to give tax breaks to billionaires,鈥 Bruce MacBain said.聽
The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that President Donald Trump鈥檚 newly signed 鈥渂ig beautiful bill鈥 will increase the U.S. national debt by $3.4 trillion by 2034, according to CNBC. The extends Trump鈥檚 2017 tax cuts and adds deductions for tips and overtime while boosting military and deportation spending. To offset costs, it includes $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and clean energy funding. CBO said the bill鈥檚 revenue losses will total $4.5 trillion. The CBO also projected the law will result in 10 million more uninsured Americans by 2034, while slightly reducing ACA benchmark premiums by 0.6%. The CBO found that the law will reduce average premiums for the standard ACA benchmark plan by about 0.6% in 2034.
