Here are a few ways clues that show very clearly the hit many workers are taking. The UAW has had to go on strike against American Axle after talks broke down late last night over a new contract. Check out what the company wants 3,600 workers to accept, according to The Wall Street Journal: […]
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How Workers Are Losing, Particularly African-Americans
Posted on 27 February 2008.
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How Workers Are Losing, Particularly African-Americans
Posted on 27 February 2008.
Here are a few ways clues that show very clearly the hit many workers are taking. The UAW has had to go on strike against American Axle after talks broke down late last night over a new contract. Check out what the company wants 3,600 workers to accept, according to The Wall Street Journal: […]
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Doug Fraser Dies
Posted on 26 February 2008.
I don’t know how many of your media outlets carried the news that Doug Fraser, former UAW president, died Saturday night. From the Detroit Free Press: Douglas Fraser, a Detroit sit-down striker in the 1930s, UAW president in the 1970s and ’80s who played a key role in helping Chrysler survive, and a senior […]
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Doug Fraser Dies
Posted on 26 February 2008.
I don’t know how many of your media outlets carried the news that Doug Fraser, former UAW president, died Saturday night. From the Detroit Free Press: Douglas Fraser, a Detroit sit-down striker in the 1930s, UAW president in the 1970s and ’80s who played a key role in helping Chrysler survive, and a senior […]
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The Shift
Posted on 23 February 2008.
An economist named David Hale has a piece today in The Wall Street Journal which tells an interesting story: The current business cycle will go down in the history books as one which confirmed that leadership in the global economy is now shifting from the old industrial countries to the emerging market countries. […]
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The Shift
Posted on 23 February 2008.
An economist named David Hale has a piece today in The Wall Street Journal which tells an interesting story: The current business cycle will go down in the history books as one which confirmed that leadership in the global economy is now shifting from the old industrial countries to the emerging market countries. […]
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Why We Miss John Edwards’ Voice on Trade and Globalization
Posted on 22 February 2008.
I was struck today, as I have been for the past several weeks, at the void created when John Edwards suspended his campaign for president. Today, it was on the issue of trade and globalization, courtesy of a piece in The Wall Street Journal entitled "Decoding Candidates On Trade." Here’s an important paragraph, […]
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Why We Miss John Edwards’ Voice on Trade and Globalization
Posted on 22 February 2008.
I was struck today, as I have been for the past several weeks, at the void created when John Edwards suspended his campaign for president. Today, it was on the issue of trade and globalization, courtesy of a piece in The Wall Street Journal entitled "Decoding Candidates On Trade." Here’s an important paragraph, […]
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Teamsters Joining In
Posted on 21 February 2008.
Just caught this on CNN ticker: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president, two Democratic sources tell CNN. Obama is scheduled to meet with Teamster President James Hoffa in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. The union is expected to announce its endorsement soon after […]
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Teamsters Joining In
Posted on 21 February 2008.
Just caught this on CNN ticker: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president, two Democratic sources tell CNN. Obama is scheduled to meet with Teamster President James Hoffa in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. The union is expected to announce its endorsement soon after […]
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