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In an op-ed published on The Huffington Post, Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation, explains “Why We Need a Manufacturing Renaissance – Economically and Ethically.” “Anyone deeply concerned about the current almost unprecedented real unemployment rate of more than 18 percent and about the ongoing jobless recovery must
Read moreStriking members of IAM Local 2159 in Sandusky, OH took their picket on the road to U.S. Tsubaki headquarters in Wheeling, IL to call attention to the company’s refusal to engage in good faith efforts to settle the strike. Members of IAM Local 2159 loaded into a van in the early morning hours to travel
Read moreU.S. Postal Service (USPS) will be hiring thousands of workers as a result of the new contract negotiated by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU). In many instances, the USPS must hire veterans before civilians, provided they are on the appropriate hiring register. The Postal Service is posting the positions on its employment web page,
Read moreAsia’s supply chain is strangling American jobs. And the tug of war between Asian governments and U.S.-based multi-national companies causes excruciating pain for America’s workers and small business. Soon Congress will begin debate on the South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement, or KORUS FTA for short. Promoted as a good deal to expand
Read moreA narrow conservative majority on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court upheld GOP Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting budget bill and cleared the way for its implementation. The court’s decision to vacate an injunction against the bill by lower court judge Maryann Sumi is highly suspect. The court ignored relevant facts and decided the case the same
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