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  • Woodworkers February 11, 2013

    What Makes Koch Industries ‘Big Oil’ and Why You Shouldn’t Believe the Claims Saying it Isn’t

    (from Nation of Change, by Rebecca Leber) The Obama campaign and the super PAC Priorities USA recently fired back at Americans for Prosperity, highlighting Mitt Romney’s ties to a funding source of $18.5 million in energy attack ads: Koch Industries. Koch Industries has produced its own video claiming it doesn’t deserve the label of a

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  • Woodworkers September 12, 2012

    IKEA’s Turkish Labor Issue

    Wall Street Journal article: IKEA’s Turkish Labor Issue(Excerpted from WSJ) Wednesday 12 September 2012 ISTANBUL—IKEA’s largely autonomous operation in Turkey is moving to guard the Swedish furniture giant’s reputation by threatening legal action against a local labor union that has staged a bitter campaign painting the company as a corporate bully looking to prevent workers

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  • Woodworkers July 3, 2012

    Freedom Isn’t Free

    Richard Trumka: Freedom Isn’t Free As Independence Day approaches, I’ve been thinking about that iconic American saying, “Freedom Isn’t Free.” Usually it refers to the sacrifice of the men and women who serve in the military and their families — and it’s especially poignant now that Iraq- and Afghanistan-era vets are facing a 12.7 percent

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  • Woodworkers June 12, 2012

    GS and the IAM Share Human Rights Award

    Swedish Media report that GS and the IAM will share a human rights Award for our collective global action in Danville, VA. The Award named after Eleanor Roosevelt will be given to GA and the IAM on June 20th by American Rights At Work, an independent NGO advocating for human rights and workers’ rights in

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  • Woodworkers May 1, 2012

    Sawtown Report V6 N 1 – The Stuff of Dreams

    A common myth among public policy wonks and too many economists is that, “You can’t pick winners”. Instead you must allow the invisible hand of the market to decide winners and losers and thus guarantee optimal efficiency of resources. Aside from the fact that Los Vegas, Reno, Atlantic City, and a host of Native American

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