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Two weeks after a protest that culminated in gunfire and bloodshed, the rebellious farmers and fishermen of Dongzhou have been reduced to submission. Authorities have sealed off the seaside village and flooded its streets and lanes with police patrols, residents said, and an unknown number of men have been summoned by a knock on the
Read moreWith the nation’s labor unions divided and shrinking, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. has organized 100 demonstrations nationwide to assert that the right of American workers to form unions is being systematically violated. Eleven Nobel Peace Prize winners, including the Dalai Lama and Lech Walesa, are backing the protest against violations of the right to unionize in the
Read moreDecember 20, 2005 – Threatening to strip the U.S. of even more manufacturing jobs, China is eyeing a substantial expansion in the aviation market. Through joint ventures with aerospace giants such as Boeing, China has already started to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to create their own manufacturing centers. The idea of aerospace companies
Read moreAutomotive mechanics, service employees and parts workers at dealerships in Connecticut and Ohio voted recently to join the IAM’s growing roster of highly-skilled auto technicians. District 34 recently won three organizing elections at Bob Townsend Colerain Ford, in Cincinnati, Ohio, bringing 23 new members into the IAM including 13 Automotive Technicians, six Service Employees and
Read moreAmerica’s middle class rose on the back of massive industrial output during the 20th century. But this engine of prosperity is being hammered, and the economy is hurting as a result. For the past 50 years, American manufacturing has dominated the globe. It turned the tide in World War II, and hastened the defeat of
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