Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/39/)
With large corporations and small businesses slashing jobs at record rates, the country can\’t afford to wait for an economic recovery plan, a coalition of Minnesota organizations said Thursday. The group announced a "Jobs and Economic Recovery Now!" campaign to have a plan on President Barack Obama\’s desk soon after he takes office.
When the day finally comes that Raul Flores loses his job, he will face a bitter search for another one. "I\’ve got a family to support, so I\’ve got to do whatever it takes," he says. "It\’s going to be hard. The economic situation is not good, but I can\’t just wait for something to happen to me."
The Senate\’s failure to act on a loan to rescue two of the nation\’s top three auto makers leaves their fate with Republican President George W. Bush. United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger welcomed the prospect, compared to Senate Republican demands that his members cut their pay in half as a condition for aid.
The United Auto Workers is willing to rework provisions of contracts with Detroit\’s three automakers – while not officially "reopening" the pacts – to help the car firms stave off collapse, union President Ron Gettelfinger said.
As we face a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, it\’s important to wade through the anecdotes, selective statistics, and calls for more cuts in state spending and remember the three fundamental facts outlined below.
If Congress does not soon approve emergency loan legislation to keep Detroit’s Big Three automakers operating as they ride out the nation’s financial crisis, job losses will ripple not just through the auto industry but through the entire economy, warned UAW President Ron Gettelfinger.
The state of Minnesota must use a variety of tools to address its projected record budget deficit of $5.3 billion, including creating jobs, instituting fair tax policies and ending wasteful outside contracts, unions say.
The Transit Partners Coalition, which helped pass Minnesota’s transportation bill last spring, and the progressive movement of Rochester, Minn., will be honored at the TakeAction Minnesota Progressive Leadership Awards Dinner Saturday, Dec. 6.
City of Duluth workers held a "We want to work" protest Monday, when Mayor Don Ness shut down city services for a day.
Testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Tuesday, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger didn\’t mince words about the auto industry\’s need for Congress to approve a bridge loan.