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Workers at Trump's WDC Hotel vote to unionize.
Washington Post:
Workers at President Trump’s Washington hotel have voted to join one of America’s leading labor unions, setting the stage for potentially tense labor negotiations at one of Trump’s most high-profile businesses a few blocks from the White House.
The vote, the first major unionization effort of Trump-company workers following Trump’s inauguration, again highlights the thorny entanglements facing the businessman-president, who has given corporate management responsibilities to his children but has refused to divest from his business interests.
The president will be able to appoint the top members of the National Labor Relations Board, which rules on labor disputes, including the bitter months-long battle last year between Trump and workers at his Las Vegas hotel.
Trump’s company agreed to end that dispute in December by negotiating with Unite Here’s Nevada affiliate and offering new benefits to hundreds of the Vegas hotel’s housekeepers, cooks and other employees.
The vote, the first major unionization effort of Trump-company workers following Trump’s inauguration, again highlights the thorny entanglements facing the businessman-president, who has given corporate management responsibilities to his children but has refused to divest from his business interests.
The president will be able to appoint the top members of the National Labor Relations Board, which rules on labor disputes, including the bitter months-long battle last year between Trump and workers at his Las Vegas hotel.
Trump’s company agreed to end that dispute in December by negotiating with Unite Here’s Nevada affiliate and offering new benefits to hundreds of the Vegas hotel’s housekeepers, cooks and other employees.
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/workers-at-trumps-washington-hotel-vote-to-join-union-setting-stage-for-labor-duel/2017/01/31/2a0a08a4-e4d9-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.615451508f59
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The workers did a switcheroo on him.
The more pressure we can put on him, the more we're wear him down. 
Organized employees' first official message to Trump ...
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