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Presidential Run Gets Uglier – Labor Ads “Romney a Traitor”
The United Auto Workers Union among other labor groups is applauding and promoting new advertisements that call presidential candidate Mitt Romney an economic traitor who desecrated teh American flag. The ads – both television and online were unveiled today by a front group called Workers’ Voice and Patriot Majority Continue reading
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GM, Ford and Chrysler Post Strong August Sales but Lag Market Growth as Japanese Production Recovers and Car Sales Soar
Coming at the opening of the Democratic Presidential convention, the ongoing recovery of job and wealth creating Detroit companies will be political fodder for the Administration in the face of Mitt Romney’s well established “let ‘em die stance” even though his firm Bain capital accepted a federal bailout as Rolling Stone magazine has just revealed. Continue reading
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American Airlines to Freeze not Kill Pensions in Union Victory
The so-called pension freeze covers unionized flight attendants and other ground workers, but does not cover American Airline pilots because their pension plan includes a lump-sum payment upon retirement. It would have been possible for some of them to flee the once proud airline, meaning American would have an expensive aviation museum consisting of planes largely on the ground. Continue reading
