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60 CINEMONTAGE / Q2 2019 LABOR MAT TERS 2020 presidential candidate, joined other candidates who supported striking grocery workers on the picket line. She told strikers, "Unions will fight back because when you're fighting for your family…you stay in the fight until you win." The deal brings to an end the largest private-sector strike in years. It lasted 11 days and spanned three New England states. As The Boston Globe reported, "Visits to the grocery chain by regular customers dropped by a whopping 75 percent" in the first few days of the walkout. The union confirmed the contract was ratified "overwhelmingly" on May 2. NLRB DELIVERS BLOW TO UNION FIRMS A company that takes over a unionized workplace and tries to avoid its bargaining obligations by not hiring some of the previous employer's workers no longer has to follow the labor deal that was previously in place, writes Robert Iafolla in Bloomberg News. In April, the National Labor Relations Board's Republican members overturned a Clinton-era decision that said successor employers that discriminate in hiring to avoid bargaining duties can't set their own initial terms of employment. Now companies can avoid this if they say they're going to keep all of a predecessor's workers. Discriminatory hiring practices used after a company acquires a unionized operation is a "not infrequent occurrence," said William Gould, a former NLRB chairman who was involved in the 1996 ruling that the board overturned. ELIZABETH WARREN WANTS TO FIX CAPITALISM "Bill Clinton had a consequential presidency when it came to the economy," according to The New York Times' David Leonhardt in mid-March. "He brought down the Reagan-era deficits, helping spark the strongest economic boom in decades and he made the tax code more progressive. "Barack Obama had an even more consequential presidency," Leonhardt continues. "He halted the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. He did so in part by signing a stimulus bill full of spending on education, wind energy and other programs with lasting benefits. He also put in place new regulations for Wall Street and extended health insurance to almost 20 million people. Yet for all that both men accomplished, neither Because helping others could one day help you. MPTF provides a safety net of social and charitable support to the entertainment community. We provide financial assistance, referrals to community resources, and a host of other services. Learn more at mptf.com Make a meaningful donation today at mptf.com/donate