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  • Candidates should speak to the American worker

    Democratic candidates for the Presidency would do well to pay attention to the fundamental, structural issues facing the American workforce, issues which have so far been given short shrift by most of the candidates. First, the quality of the workplace: It would be positively revelatory to hear a presidential candidate truly speak to the ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by RussMcBee on December 5, 2007
  • What globalization hath wrought: 1.8 million jobs lost to China

    Since 2001, unfettered trade with China has directly resulted in the loss of 1.8 million US jobs, and they won't be coming back: Contrary to the predictions of its supporters, China's entry into the WTO has failed to reduce its trade surplus with the United States or increase overall U.S. employment, according to the report, ''Costly Trade with ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by Russ McBee on May 3, 2007
  • Happy May Day! Hug a union organizer!

    In most of the world, May 1 is celebrated as Labor Day. To shed the day of its icky socialist origins, the US recognizes the ominously-named ''Loyalty Day'' instead, which frankly sounds a bit Maoist, if you ask me. Regardless of what they decide to call it, today brings certain facts to mind: Union membership in the United States has been ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by Russ McBee on May 1, 2007
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