Chicago City Wire

Conservative political commentator Steve Cortes is commending the formation of a new League of American Workers (LAW), which he said is necessary to defend middle-class workers, who have suffered from policies implemented over the last several decades.

Writing in a post on Substack, "Who Truly Advocates for Workers?" Cortes maintained that American workers are falling under what he termed a “sustained, intentional degradation," which he alleged is being exacerbated by "the economic mismanagement of (President) Joe Biden."

"Who advocates for workers? Unions claim they do, but corrupt leadership pursues leftist agendas instead,” Cortes wrote. “The Democrat Party pretends to protect labor, but instead sells out to corporatism and globalism.”

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Cortes also maintained that the policies of the Biden administration have resulted in 25 consecutive months of real wage decline, which he said is the adjusted income after factoring in “the soaring costs of Biden’s Inflation."

“The harsh truth: no group of consequence presently promotes the prerogatives of American workers,” he wrote. “The new League of American Workers steps into this void."

Cortes also opines the pain of working-class Americans has been on the rise for decades, with the middle class earning 62% of total U.S. personal income in 1970 and the upper class earning 29%, data he attributed to Pew Research.

Today, more than 50 years later, the middle class earns 42%, while the upper class earns 50%, Cortes wrote and noted that the turning point when the upper class surpassed the middle class in commanding total wealth happened along with the 2001 admission of China into the World Trade Organization, which he said resulted in the offshoring of jobs.

Cortes asserts that the terms of China's entrance into the group, which "were incredibly beneficial to the Communist regime in Beijing, but brutally damaging for American workers," also resulted in a lining of the pockets of corporate executives and career politicians.

"But the hollowing out of American production and the devastation wrought upon entire industries and geographic regions produced predictable social maladies," Cortes wrote, adding that the average life span of Americans has dropped by three years, pointing to the economy as a factor.

“Americans are increasingly unhappy, unhealthy and economically struggling," Cortes wrote. "The power brokers of America remain far too content to simply manage the decline of America.”

Cortes also noted the “overlords” of institutions once held in high regard have lost their luster, especially among working-class Americans.

“Few trust the chieftains of corporate media, universities, government health agencies or public sector unions,” he wrote.

Cortes pointed out that LAW could shift the paradigm as it advances a pro-worker agenda in trade, immigration, drugs and homemakers, with a need to demand fair trade policies.

“The globalists and CEOs care little about America as a sovereign nation with strong borders," Cortes said of immigration, adding that leaders are prioritizing "endless cheap labor.” He claims that LAW will bring a stop to illegal immigration and offer reforms for legal immigration.

On the drug front, Cortes wrote that LAW will push back against legalized drugs, which he said are making politicians rich while leading to the deaths of Americans and a dwindling of America’s workforce.

Cortes also said that "homemakers" will be viewed by LAW as “essential” workers and it would promote policies benefiting people who are stay-at-home parents and caretakers.

For more information and to register with the league, visit League of American Workers.