Eve Tahmincioglu, Huffington Post. November 6, 2007. The threat of offshoring and declining membership has left the big industrial unions more conciliatory than ever.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 2, 2007. The brief national strike against America's biggest automaker has a good bit to tell us about the gap that divides the awesomely affluent in the United States from everyone else.
Max Fraser, The Nation. September 26, 2007. The details of UAW's deal with GM haven't been made public, but reports suggest a troubling possibility for one of the few industries with high-paying manufacturing jobs ...
Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: PEEK. September 25, 2007. Melissa McEwan: "It's our duty. It's the only power we have," says Eric Lehtonen, 50, who works at the Lansing Grand River assembly plant.
Tim Higgins, Detroit Free Press. September 24, 2007. While strikers and sympathizers honked horns, workers streamed out of Michigan GM plants to join the line.
Nancy Scola, AlterNet. September 19, 2007. Heard about the thousands of farmer suicides in India? Well, Iraqi farmers may be next thanks to the work of U.S. diplomat Paul Bremer and his Monsanto friends.
