Working Life

Yet another installment in the decades-long white flag of surrender to the corporate elite took place in a relatively unnoticed vote — what, with the more important, front-page, relentless coverage of the passing of what’s-his-name Gandolfini. The country has a new trade representative…well, that’s not really accurate — Citibank has a new trade representative.

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The world currency markets were abuzz on Friday when China’s currency, the renminbi (“the peoples’ money,” also known as the yuan), traded for 20 minutes above the mark it has held for almost a decade. Was it a mistake, quickly corrected, or a little test by the the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, […]

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I was just rereading the AFL-CIO’s petition, filed almost a year ago, with the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office that sought to force the U.S. to hold China accountable for its repressive labor practices. It’s a startling story of the challenge Chinese workers face—and, by extension, what labor faces in the U.S. in trying to grapple […]

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