http://www.toysmadeinamerica.com/
In response to my column on Buying American-made Toys, I was sent this link. Democrats, progressives, patriots and labor leaders need to add this link to all our websites and newsletters.
DEB KOZIKOWSKI provided the link. Here is some information from the Rural Votes.com website about her:
“A former elementary educator, Deb serves as CAP Chair for […]
Buying American-made Toys
I did not buy any toys for the many children in my life this year. Admittedly, money was very tight after the economy collapsed from eight years of Republican mismanagement. However, the main reason I did the scrooge thing this Christmas is that I simply refused to buy Chinese made toys for the […]
Trade policies deserve blame for auto industry’s downfall
BY EAMONN FINGLETON • December 22, 2008
http://www.freep.com/article/20081222/OPINION02/812220305
No epithet these days seems too contemptuous in referring to the American auto industry’s managerial competence, and no policy proposal too heartless in addressing the industry’s high labor costs.
Yes, some of Detroit’s injuries are self-inflicted. But no industry is perfect. Not in […]
BREAKING: MIKE CONNELL, GOP ‘IT GURU’, DIES IN SOLO PLANE CRASH
Key Witness in OH ‘04 Election Fraud Case Reportedly Threatened by Rove, Built WH Email System, More…
The highly-placed GOP IT guru, described as a “high IQ Forrest Gump” for his consistent proximity to Republican “crime scenes” was killed in a solo plane crash in […]
Democratic Talk Radio 2008 Villain & Hero Awards
Political villains were rampant in 2008. It was impossible to give a single award for the injustices committed for solely political reasons this past year. For the first time ever, Democratic Talk Radio was unable to even narrow the infamous winners to just two. We have selected three […]
Double Standard: Critics of Big Three Loan Subsidize Foreign Competitors
by James Parks, Dec 15, 2008
AFL-CIO Blog link
When Senate Republicans blocked the $14 billion emergency bridge loan needed to keep the nation’s auto industry operating, they knew it could cost between 3 million and 5 million jobs. But some of the most […]
Did Senators Block Auto Loan Because of Employee Free Choice Act?
by Tula Connell, Dec 12, 2008
http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/12/12/did-senators-block-auto-loan-because-of-employee-free-choice-act/
The Center for American Progress spelled out clearly today another reason for the Senate junta to block the emergency bridge loan to the auto industry: It was an advance attack on the Employee Free Choice Act. Crossposting the […]
For some Senate Republicans, a vote against the bailout was a vote against the United Auto Workers, and against organized labor in general.
By Jim Puzzanghera
December 13, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-gopunions13-2008dec13,0,1950236,full.story
Reporting from Washington — The congressional push to help U.S. automakers was generally cast in terms of protecting the reeling national economy from another body blow — the […]
Putting Labor on D.C.’s Map
by Mike Hall, Dec 7, 2008
http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/12/07/putting-labor-on-dcs-map/
Forget a tip of the hat. A huge round of applause is in order for Chris Garlock, editor of the Metropolitan Washington Council’s Union City, for launching an interactive labor map.
Click here for map http://www.communitywalk.com/washington_dc/dc_labor_map/map/315109
The just-launched D.C. Labor Map lets users find current and historic […]
Is Senator Shelby a Threat to American Economy?
Senator Shelby (Republican-Alabama) has a very negative record when it comes to protecting the economic health of the American nation. He has routinely endorsed every major, so-called “free trade” deal that has been proposed for decades. Shelby has routinely stood in […]