The Only One Who Can Help Us

The Only One Who Can Help Us

By: Dave Quinn The majority of the population in the USA is considered the working class Breadwinners. Like those who came before us, we are the muscle, sweat, and minds that truly build and operate this country. More than the robber baron (then or now), it is the average Breadwinner that allowed th...

Did Four Horsemen destroy the Auto Industry?

Did Four Horsemen destroy the Auto Industry?

By: Darin Gilley  The day of reckoning has arrived for the U.S. Auto Industry and much like the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse (strife, war, famine, death) our nations policies (tax, trade, health care, energy) have helped decimate American manufacturing.  As a result, America has gone from the ...

Transfer of Wealth

Transfer of Wealth

By: Gerald Spencer The U.S. government does not go to banks to "borrow" U.S. dollars. The U.S. government just buys some paper and cranks up the presses to print more T-Bills, Government Bonds, etc. and then conducts U.S. Federal Reserve auctions with these securities for public bid sale in exchange...

The Power of Unions in Our Economy

The Power of Unions in Our Economy

By: Ted Ludwig If we were to look back at the Great Depression we would see a lot of similarities in our economic troubles today. The wealth distribution right before the Great Depression had a few very, very rich people and then everyone else. It is no wonder why this economy failed. When an econom...

Connecting with Chinese Workers

Connecting with Chinese Workers

By: Manfred Elfstrom "First, I went on my own to the boss and asked for a reduction in work hours.  Then, I came with a few of my workmates and said that I’d bring the whole shop floor into his office next time if things didn’t change.  We now work shorter hours."  ---Worker in Guangdong, 20...

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Connecting with Chinese Workers
Tuesday, 30 June 2009 01:58

By: Manfred Elfstrom

"First, I went on my own to the boss and asked for a reduction in work hours.  Then, I came with a few of my workmates and said that I’d bring the whole shop floor into his office next time if things didn’t change.  We now work shorter hours." 

---Worker in Guangdong, 2006

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