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Globalization without rules leads race to the bottom
Date: Oct-28-2005
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) - In the 1980s, American jobs started moving to low-wage Mexico. Then, many of them moved from Mexico to ultra-low-wage nations like...
Governor Pays Visit
Date: Oct-28-2005
MICHIGAN Gov. Jennifer Granholm visited the Michigan State Building Trades Council offices in Detroit earlier this month. She met with Council Secretary-Treas. Pat Devlin, right, and Operating Engineers Local 324...
News Briefs
Date: Oct-28-2005
Federal unions in Bush's sight WASHINGTON (PAI) - President George W. Bush wants to extend his anti-worker, anti-union personnel plan to virtually every one of the federal government's two million...
The low-wage global infusion: workers get it; why don't policymakers?
Date: Oct-28-2005
By Thomas Palley Special to PAI WASHINGTON (PAI) - There is a famous theorem in international economics - the Stolper-Samuelson theorem - that says when a rich, capital-abundant country, such...
Union benefits not apparent to John Q. Public
Date: Oct-28-2005
With the decline in union membership slipping generally unabated over the last 25 years, what are the prospects for a turnaround? At the moment, not so good. A nationwide Zogby...
Years of planning pay off with new Local 98 Training Center
Date: Oct-28-2005
Plumbers Local 98 has only had four training centers in the local union's 112-year history. The latest and easily the best facility among them was unveiled on Oct. 11 during...
37 Republicans urge Bush to reconsider his veto of prevailing wage
Date: Oct-14-2005
The federal prevailing wage law has its detractors - but 37 U.S. House Republicans are not among them. They signed a letter to President Bush supporting prevailing wage, illustrating why...
Introducing… the Change to Win Federation Breakaway union group formally established
Date: Oct-14-2005
By Mark Gruenberg Press Associates Staff Writer (PAI) - Declaring they want to devote three-fourths of their new group's money to organizing, leaders and representatives of seven unions formally established...
Laborers to leave AFL-CIO - Not 'if' but 'when'
Date: Oct-14-2005
By Mark Gruenberg Press Associates Staff Writer (PAI) - After solving technical details in coming weeks, the Laborers will become the latest union to leave the AFL-CIO, President Terry O'Sullivan...
Labor News and Notes
Date: Oct-14-2005
A good opportunity to hear about the state of the State of Michigan's organized labor sector took place Sept. 30 at the Michigan State AFL-CIO quarterly General Board meeting. Prevailing...