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Among the speakers at this year’s MNPL Planning Committee Meeting in Savannah, GA, was well-known political analyst Charlie Cook, who blamed sustained high unemployment for incumbents’ dismal prospects in the 2010 mid-term elections. Members of the 2010 MNPL National Planning Committee meeting in Savannah, GA, welcomed the opportunity this week to ask questions and share insights
Read moreThe middle class needs a bailout for the same reason the banks needed a bailout–long-term systemic risk. If the (much smaller) government during the Great Depression could hire 4 million people in 4 months, why can we not do that today, now, immediately during the Great Recession? Like the as-yet to be incurred, but already
Read moreInternational President Tom Buffenbarger spoke with 200 delegates at the 2010 MNPL Planning Committee meeting in Savannah, GA, about challenges and opportunities in the upcoming mid-term elections. Calling it the most challenging political and economic environment in decades, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger urged members of the MNPL National Planning Committee to hold labor’s political
Read moreMove over Jim Bunning, another GOP Senator has threatened to single-handedly stop legislation that benefits American working families. Tennessee Republican Bob Corker has vowed to block the comprehensive FAA Reauthorization bill if it contains language that ends the advantage non-union FedEx has over rival UPS. FedEx is based in Memphis TN. In 1996, FedEx won
Read moreIn the absence of economic policies that generate 450,000 jobs per month for at least 60 months, the U.S. will remain mired in a recession that will linger for years if not decades. To give the economy the traction it needs, Ur Union of Unemployed (UCubed) is calling for the immediate establishment of a public
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