GM producing 70% of autos outside US Trade Reform ...Dan Akerson, CEO of GM, says that seven out of 10 GM automobiles are built outside the U.S. They have 11 joint ventures with Chinese government controlled auto manufacturers. They are moving R&D to China...
"Chinese Construction Firm Botches Europe Road Job" Manufacture This ...Covec, a Chinese engineering group, hoped its construction of a highway in Poland would help to open the EU market. But its mistakes (numerous delays, poor planning) have raised questions about how ready China's state-owned builders are to expand into the West...
Wal-Mart is driving down wages for warehouse workers, report says Los Angeles Times ...The world's largest retailer has significantly outsourced its supply chain, hiring third-party companies to operate its warehouses and transport its good to stores. Those firms in turn often rely on poorly paid temporary workers...
Voters in California Back Pension Cuts for City Workers New York Times ...In San Diego and San Jose, voters overwhelmingly approved ballot initiatives designed to help balance ailing municipal budgets by cutting retirement benefits for city workers...
Big Money Wins in Wisconsin: Walker Spent 88% of the Money to Get 53% of the Vote Huffington Post ...There's no doubt that if the Barrett campaign had even one-third of the war-chest that Walker had, it would have been able to mount an even more formidable grassroots get-out-the-vote campaign and put more money into the TV and radio air war...
Teamsters approve new contract with Welch Foods GoErie.com ...Members ratified the contract at Iroquois High School on Wednesday after the company improved its wage offer and contract language, said Dave Northrup, business agent for Local 397...
