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September 11, 2006 – China’s trade surplus jumped from $14.6 billion to a record $18.8 billion in August, providing further evidence China must revalue their artificially low currency. China had a record $102 billion trade surplus in 2005, up drastically from $32 billion in 2004. China’s surplus for 2006 is already up to $95.6 billion,
Read moreSeptember 6, 2006 – The U.S. created only 128,000 jobs last month, marking the fifth straight month of sluggish job growth. Since April, job growth has averaged only 119,000 jobs a month, marking an economic slowdown that is hitting working families especially hard. The disappointing numbers, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, can
Read moreTCU’s Union Shop page is currently under re-construction; we are sorry for the inconvenience. We plan to be back online soon, but until then, you may place an order by contacting Teresa Wells at the TCU Grand Lodge. Teresa may be reached by calling 301-840-8738 or sending an e-mail to wellst@tcunion.org
Read moreThe first-ever listing of China’s top 500 manufacturers shows that foreign investors are involved in two-thirds of these selected companies. The survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics demonstrated the country’s lop-sided industrial development and reinforced a widely held belief that China’s manufacturing power is really the success of its foreign investment policy. Read
Read moreA new survey of 6,810 teens showed that more than half of them work, and 514 of them had been injured on the job. “The findings from this study clearly indicate that work-related injuries among youth are a significant health problem,” report Kristina M. Zierold, Ph.D., assistant professor of family and community medicine at Wake
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