The Bush Administration’s Council of Economic Advisors has argued that rising health insurance costs have squeezed workers wages across the income scale. As a practical matter, however, health insurance costs cannot explain the recent decline in wages for the lowest-paid workers because so few of them are covered by health insurance. Read the data from
Read moreAPRIL 13, 2006 – Eric Kirkpatrick talks about how the union benefits everyone. View the video.
Read moreAPRIL 13, 2006 – Allen Kight talks about the benefits B&W had, Philip Morris has and that RJR workers do not. View the video.
Read moreAPRIL 13, 2006 – Chuck Sapp talks about the spiraling healthcare costs. View the video.
Read moreApril 11, 2006 – A Chinese delegation headed by Vice Premier Wu Yi is scheduled to meet with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman today for the annual meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. In an effort to ease tensions over China’s $202 billion surplus with the U.S.
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