Just Say No to Chinese Acquisitions of American Assets Trade Reform ...China’s recent acquisition of Michigan battery maker A123 represents yet another step in Beijing’s well-orchestrated strategy to surpass the U.S. as both an economic and military power…Beijing’s typical MO is to acquire a company like A123, strip it of its technology, and then move most or all of the jobs to China...
High-End Tax Hikes Would Have 'Negligible' Impact On Growth, Revised CRS Report Says Huffington Post ...A Congressional Research Service report that was reissued Thursday after Republicans complained about it before the elections still finds little evidence that the Bush-era tax cuts spurred growth or that hiking the top rates would have more than a "negligible" impact on the economy...
Radio Host Stumps Michigan Governor By Asking How Union-Busting Will Help His State’s Economy ThinkProgress ... in an interview with American Public Media on Thursday, Snyder was hard-pressed to give good reasons for why, exactly, the bill would inspire companies to move into Michigan and create new jobs...
Unions and conservatives eye the next labor battleground Salon ...Whether right-to-work legislation is pushed next in Ohio or elsewhere, the battle will be fierce...
Running Scared: ALEC Anticipating an IRS Audit? PR Watch ...ALEC's charitable status has been challenged in multiple IRS complaints in the past year -- and despite publicly dismissing the allegations as "patently false" and "ignor[ing] applicable law," behind the scenes, ALEC's leadership apparently recognizes their vulnerability...
Teamsters: UNFI unlawfully replaces 72 employees; strike resumes Auburn Reporter ...United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) announced late Thursday that it would permanently replace 72 warehouse workers who were prepared to return to work after a three-day strike, union officials said...
