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GM's Dark Ages Approach to Global Warming

GM's Dark Ages Approach to Global Warming

Laurie David, Huffington Post. February 28, 2008.
GM's vice chairman's stance on global warming could explain why the company is doing so dismally.

Autoworkers Gave up Much Without a Fight

Autoworkers Gave up Much Without a Fight

Eve Tahmincioglu, Huffington Post. November 6, 2007.
The threat of offshoring and declining membership has left the big industrial unions more conciliatory than ever.

Massive Inequality is Unexamined Fault Line Behind GM Walk-Out

Massive Inequality is Unexamined Fault Line Behind GM Walk-Out

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.

UAW Swaps Next Generation's Wages, Benefits for U.S. Jobs

UAW Swaps Next Generation's Wages, Benefits for U.S. Jobs

Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor. October 1, 2007.
New Fund secures healthcare for retirees even if General Motors goes bankrupt.

Strike Over: Did UAW Sell Out Future Auto Workers to Protect Current Membership?

Strike Over: Did UAW Sell Out Future Auto Workers to Protect Current Membership?

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 ...

73,000 GM Autoworkers On Strike for More Job Security

73,000 GM Autoworkers On Strike for More Job Security

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.

Auto Workers Walk Out of GM Plants, Picket-lines go Up.

Auto Workers Walk Out of GM Plants, Picket-lines go Up.

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.

Why Iraqi Farmers Might Prefer Death to Paul Bremer's Order 81

Why Iraqi Farmers Might Prefer Death to Paul Bremer's Order 81

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.

GM Paying Off Talk Radio Hosts

GM Paying Off Talk Radio Hosts

Ralph Nader, Nader.org. August 13, 2007.
Is Detroit involved in corporate pay-ola for radio talkers?