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FILE-In this March 4, 2017, file photo, thousands march to Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, following a pro-union rally. The United Auto Workers filed Monday, July 10, an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board, to force a unionization election at the plant following years-long pressure campaign to build support. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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In this Friday, June 30, 2017 photo, commuters wait to board a NJ Transit train bound for New York's Penn Station at Secaucus Junction, in Secaucus, N.J. A massive two-month repair project will launch Monday, July 10 at Penn Station, the country’s busiest train station, temporarily exacerbating the daily commuting struggle during what New York’s governor has predicted will be a “summer of hell.” Frequent delays, overcrowding and breakdowns are leaving many to question the city's ability to effectively transport its workforce. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, debates with Gary Marsh over health care during a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017, photo, a construction worker continues work on a condominium project in Coral Gables, Fla. On Friday, July 7, 2017, the Labor Department will release the U.S. jobs report for June. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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In this June 8, 2017, photo, former Dallas Police Chief David Brown sits before an interview in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this June 8, 2017, photo, former Dallas Police Chief David Brown begins signing stacks of his books before a reception in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this photo made Thursday, June 8, 2017, former Dallas police chief David Brown speaks during an interview in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017, file photo, UPS workers gather outside a UPS package delivery warehouse where a shooting took place in San Francisco. A union official says only five of the 40 San Francisco UPS workers have returned to work after witnessing the fatal shootings of three colleagues last month. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - In this June 16, 2017 file photo, a UPS truck is driven past a memorial set up outside of a UPS facility in San Francisco. A union official says only five of the 40 San Francisco UPS workers have returned to work after witnessing the fatal shootings of three colleagues last month. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
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In this June. 8, 2017 photo, podiatrist Serafin Barca poses for a photo with a patient in his clinic in Havana, Cuba. The 80-year-old podiatrist is one of the last private medical workers in communist Cuba, which prides itself on its free, universal state health care. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Illustration on the "right" to health care and involuntary servitude by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Doctors, nurses, health care workers and patients who will lose access to health care or see costs rise attend a rally against the GOP health care bill at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., Monday, July 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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In this Monday, May 15, 2017 photo, Kristen Arambula, an airship pilot, poses for a picture in the Goodyear hangar in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear airship pilots are getting retrained to fly new models after Goodyear deflated the last of its 45-year-old iconic blimps in March. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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In this Monday, May 15, 2017, photo, an airship crew watches as a Goodyear airship prepares to land in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear airship pilots are getting retrained to fly new models after Goodyear deflated the last of its 45-year-old iconic blimps in March. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones smokes his trademark cigarette as he poses for a photo in Indianapolis. Jones joined the USW at a time when unions flexed their power to strike and crossing a picket line carried the threat of brute force. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones speaks during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. The outgoing president said his retirement was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones is interviewed by a television station during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. The outgoing president said his retirement was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., talks about retiring United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones, left, during Jones' retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones, right, is hugged by Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. Jones became a steel worker straight out of high school in 1969 during a high tide of the U.S. labor movement that helped propel a generation of blue-collar workers into the middle class. He said his retirement at the beginning of June was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones takes a selfie with union member Mike Hensley of Gosport, Ind., during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. Jones became a steel worker straight out of high school in 1969 during a high tide of the U.S. labor movement that helped propel a generation of blue-collar workers into the middle class. He said his retirement at the beginning of June was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
