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December 7, 2005 – Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) recently conducted an interview with Manufacturing and Technology News in which he spoke candidly about why his bill addressing China’s currency manipulation isn’t progressing through the House. “There are a lot of multinational corporations that are making a lot of money in China and they are sending
Read moreDecember 6, 2005 – A recent survey shows that a majority of Americans believe free trade cuts local jobs, while mainly benefiting multinationals and economies such as China and India. Respondents from most of Europe’s big countries also believe free trade hurts local jobs. A survey from the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Read moreThe right to organize a union begins with First Amendment freedoms: the fundamental freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. Being able to gather together, having a voice at work, winning better wages and securing dignity on the job all begin with the basic right to talk with co-workers about forming a union. But across
Read moreDecember 2, 2005 – Congressional lawmakers are urging President Bush to save U.S. steel jobs by fighting against Chinese steel that has been illegally dumped in the U.S. 61 members of the House and 20 members of the Senate are asking Bush to implement a fair-trading policy that would limit the amount of steel allowed
Read moreOfficials in Burlington, VT have adopted a resolution that the city will not give service contracts to contractors, subcontractors and vendors who are not performing that work in the United States or Canada. City lawmakers said the measure was passed to try to put a stop to corporations sending jobs overseas and protect workers in
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