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Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
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The recent appointment of fast food executive Andrew Puzder as Labor Secretary has caused great concern among union leaders. Puzder supports a $9 minimum wage compared to $15 supported by Democrats. Unions now represent 7% of the labor force, down from a high of 20% during Reagan's time when Reagan appointed a construction company executive as Labor Secretary and cut regulations. Globalization has thinned the ranks of workers in unions. And the failure of Democratic administrations to stem the shift of factories overseas to China, Mexico and other places, as part of global supply chains focussed on cost, has weakened Democratic support among workers since the period of Bill Clinton. It eroded to the point where Obama won 65% of support among unions and Hillary Clinton won 56% in 2016. Interestingly the Republican Romney gained 33% versus 37% for Trump, showing voters were more inclined to move away from Democrats and only a smaller number willing to support Republicans, but the shift enough to give Republicans a win in 2016 for the presidency. The figures are from a Election Day survey of trade union AFL-CIO, and a larger proportion in midwestern states showed disaffection with policies from Clinton to Obama. In fact Obama spent years promoting another free trade agreement TPP that favored tech more than auto and older industries, just as Bill Clinton had promoted NAFTA, without giving thought to what this was doing to its worker base of support. A similar situation happened with Social Democrats in Germany as a SPD administration moved to the centre and handed Christian Democrats led by Merkel a win in parliamentary elections. As Democrats such as former Labor Secretary Reich, a professor at UC Berkeley who served under Bill Clinton, describe the problems of working class people their is less reflection on the impact of the changes from globalization and how Democrats handled or mishandled it, and more on the politics between the two parties.
Andy Puzder, fast food executive, as new Labor Secretary in the Trump administration
12/08/2016
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Trump Expected to Name Fast-Food Executive Andy Puzder as Labor Secretary
WSJ 12/08/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
U.S. workers and trade unions
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Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2009
Unions Suffer Latest Defeat in Midwest With Signing of Wisconsin Measure
New York Times 03/09/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2011
Public-Worker Unions Steel for Budget Fights
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/04/2011
The changing environment for trade unions in the U.S. 2010-2016
03/09/2015
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Unions Suffer Latest Defeat in Midwest With Signing of Wisconsin Measure
New York Times 03/09/2015
Unions Declare Partial Victory Against Obama’s Pacific Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 06/15/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Trump Nafta Blueprint Raises Concerns in Canada and Mexico
WSJ 03/30/2017
The Rise and Fall of the Midwest Economic Model of large companies and strong unions in the U.S.
01/04/2009
Michael Barone describes the Southern U.S. model that made major gains in factories and jobs as the Midwest Economic Model of large companies and powerful trade unions declined in the last two decades.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2013
Stephen Moore: Why the Rest of Michigan Isn't Singing the Motown Blues
Wall Street Journal 02/02/2014
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2009
U.A.W. Deal With Ford Cuts Hourly Rate to $55
New York Times 03/12/2009
Unions Suffer Latest Defeat in Midwest With Signing of Wisconsin Measure
New York Times 03/09/2015
The Fall of the Midwest Economic Model
Wall Street Journal 08/16/2011
A realization that the idea of America transitioning to a services based economy without impairing jobs was fundamentally wrong
04/17/2006
The need for a strong and growing manufacturing base in the U.S. is one key realization for business leaders from the heads of Boeing, Intel and GE, and other business leaders to leaders in government. Failure to do this simply breeds a sense of pessimism about the future and creates an economy that leaves many productive people jobless, creates unsustainable trade deficits and foreign borrowing. Jeffrey Immelt says this in an op-ed piece in the Washington Post on the day he is appointed to head the President's Council on Jobs.
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Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
New York Times 02/08/2012
Growth isn’t enough to help the middle class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/14/2013
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
The other roots of increasing inequality in the U.S.- global competition and sourcing, the case of the U.S. auto industry and manufacturing workers
03/24/2015
Auto parts imports into the U.S. from Mexico have increased by 86% since 2008, more than doubled for China. As wages rise in China, India is the next source country for low cost automobile parts from auto industry hubs in Gujarat and Tamilnadu, placing continuous downward pressure on manufacturing wages for the next decade, and the next. Parts imports were $32 billion in 1990, $138 billion in 2014. Workers in manufacturing make as low as $10 an hour today, similar to workers at Wal-Mart. An entire generation of manufacturing workers are now shifted from middle class to lower class from their parents generation to their own, reducing educational mobility in the American system and fewer opportunities for improvement. As more jobs are created in manufacturing than in IT related industries this is a significant hurdle for improving wages and employment in the U.S.
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U.S. Car-Making Boom? Not for Auto-Industry Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Income Inequality Is Costing the U.S. on Social Issues
New York Times 04/28/2015
Economic-Ladder Concerns Trump Income Gap in Poll
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2015
Sanders, Corbyn and the coming debate inside the Democratic Party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/13/2015
U.A.W. Contract With Fiat Chrysler Would Give 2nd-Tier Workers Big Raise
New York Times 09/18/2015
A stunning stat about pay seems impossible but actually is true - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/22/2015
The Trans Pacific Trade Agreement and trade issues dominating midwestern primaries in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois- loss of manufacturing jobs and Hillary Clinton's response
03/09/2016
Hillary Clinton puts more focus on loss of manufacturing jobs and opposition to trade agreements that hurts American workers following her narrow loss to Sanders in the Michigan primary of March 2016. Three fifths of Democratic voters in the Michigan primary saw this as a major issue, especially younger less educated workers who see their job prospects diminish and wages drop. Hillary Clinton has opposed the Trans Pacific Trade Agreement, yet supported this trade policy as part of the Obama administration. She was attacked on this same issue of trade during the primaries against Obama in 2008, at that time for support of Bill Clinton's NAFTA agreement with Mexico.
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After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Trade and Jobs Key to Victory for Bernie Sanders
New York Times 03/09/2016
In Ohio, John Boehner’s GOP Legacy Crumbles With the Rise of Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2016
Simmering for Decades, Anger About Trade Boils Over in ’16 Election
New York Times 03/29/2016
Why Trade Critics Are Getting Traction
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
Barack Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
WSJ 06/10/2016
Andy Grove and the scaling up at home that American companies need to do.
05/29/2010
Andy Grove brushes off talk of sending technologies and jobs much needed at home to China, with the talk he hears of "a China strategy." He doesn't see how an America with high paying jobs and mass of unemployed could work. He says American companies have failed to scale up, the way Intel did in the seventies. For every Apple employee there are 10 employees in China working on Mac's, Iphones, and Ipads. The idea of manufacturing as not important is misguided and he would like to see America rebuild its industrial base.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Apple Says App Store Sales Rose 50% in 2014
Wall Street Journal 01/09/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Yuan Revaluation for China's Own Sake
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
The economic problems of black communities- decline in public sector jobs and the hollowing out of manufacturing
05/06/2015
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Public-Sector Jobs Vanish, Hitting Blacks Hard
New York Times 05/24/2015
Pittsburgh’s Revival Lesson for Baltimore
Wall Street Journal 05/06/2015
From slavery to Ferguson, Ken Burns sees an unfinished Civil War - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/2015
Not There Yet on Equal Opportunity
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2015
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Mexico competes for manufacturing jobs going to China
08/27/2011
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Mexico and China look to trade away old rivalry - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/2013
China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Mexico’s economy: Making the desert bloom
Economist 08/27/2011
Mexico, China Seek to Jump-Start Trade
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2013
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Export of manufacturing jobs from the U.S.
07/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Whirlpool Shifts Some Production to U.S. From Mexico
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Fragility of social cohesion in the U.S. with unemployment concentrated in the lower middle and working classes.
03/11/2009
Figures from the Center of Labor Market Studies of Northeastern University in Boston showing unemployment of 9% in the $40,000 to $50,000 annual household income group and going up to 31% at the lowest income group. Higher inequality as differences in education between lower income and higher income Americans grows. The problem of the long term unemployed is a serious one.
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Wall Street Journal 09/14/2011
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/2013
New York Times 06/22/2013
OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/06/2011
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
Globalization and the white working class in Europe and the U.S. in 2016- job losses, regional disparities, growing inequality with declining incomes
07/13/2016
Sanders, Trump, in the U.S., Marie Le Pen in France, and Brexiters in England appeal to white working class which has not benefitted from trade agreements and globalization. Globalization has produced very different outcomes for different industries and regions, benefitting some and hurting others. Leaders of existing political parties have failed to grasp and respond to these changes leaving room for others to take up the cause of the white working class. TPP trade agreement for instance benefits the information technology industry and hurts the automobile industry in the U.S., producing unequal outcomes that come after years of job losses and hollowing out in some industries- making it unpopular, and raising questions about the wisdom of such policies when most of the gains in free trade are already behind us according to Krugman and other experts.
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Hillary Clinton Asks Not for Trust, but for Faith in Her Competence
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America and a sense of white identity being shut out by 2016- frustration and protest against political correctness among white working class people and students
07/13/2016
White working class people and students on campus are expressing strong protest that white identity is being shut out with the demographic and social changes underway in America by 2016. What was essentially white and European being replaced by something different, with assimilation and melting pot precedent being replaced by something with which they are not familiar.
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For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance
The New York Times 07/13/2016
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SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
Trump a Working-Class Hero? A Blue-Collar Town Debates His Credentials
The New York Times 08/26/2016
The poor, less educated, working class voters, in Britain, France, and the U.S. by 2016-2017
06/30/2016
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Brexit: a disaster decades in the making | Gary Younge
The Guardian 06/30/2016
British Politics Gives a Sense of Government by Old School Chums
The New York Times 07/07/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
How trade policy affects automobile industry and other manufacturing workers and the working class in the U.S.
04/07/2011
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This one anecdote perfectly explains how Donald Trump is hijacking the GOP - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/28/2016
Tallying the Toll of U.S.-China Trade
Wall Street Journal 09/27/2011
The Hidden Job Crisis for American Men
BusinessWeek 04/07/2011
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
Pacific Trade Deal Likely to Have Narrow Reach
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2015
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Social and economic mobility for the middle class emerging as the central issue in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
09/13/2015
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the Demcratic Party, and Jeb Bush in the Republican Party, are making social and economic mobility for the middle and working class a central issue in the 2016 presidential campaign. In Britain Corbyn's election to the leadership of the Labor Party with all other candidates doing poorly, is also creating a focus on economic issues and better access to education and jobs.
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Sanders, Corbyn and the coming debate inside the Democratic Party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/13/2015
New Leader Turns British Labour Party to the Left
New York Times 09/14/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/17/2015
Not There Yet on Equal Opportunity
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2015
America’s white working class is a dying breed - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
The missing working class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
The Economist on corporate profits in America and the smaller share of output going to workers- a public debate in the U.S. presidential election of 2016
03/24/2016
Most of the candidates in the 2016 presidential election have emphasized the problems of sluggish wages and lack of upward mobility in the U.S. Here the Economist looks at the situation with a small number of firms reaping the benefits of high profits and a lagging working class. Rising disparities in income and inequality are creating social discontent and voter dissatisfaction with the establishment candidates.
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Economist 03/24/2016
Apple should repay Ireland 13bn euros, European Commission rules - BBC News
BBC News 08/30/2016
Apple must now pay its taxes. This is a vindication of protest | Owen Jones
The Guardian 08/30/2016
U.S. Household Incomes Surged 5.2% in 2015, First Gain Since 2007
WSJ 09/13/2016
The New York Times 09/16/2016
Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest University
The New York Times 10/24/2016
California's minimum wage increase to $10 an hour
04/15/2013
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California Set to Raise State Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
In Washington State, Home of Highest Minimum Wage, a City Aims Higher
New York Times 10/13/2013
Patchwork of Local Wage Laws Fuels Debate Over Raising Federal Minimum
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
New York Times 12/01/2013
Dwindling Tools to Raise Wages
New York Times 12/10/2013
Increase in the minimum wage in Los Angeles in May 2015 to $15 over 5 years
05/19/2015
By some estimates over 50% of the workforce in Los Angeles makes less than $15 an hour.
Grouped Articles
Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
New York Times 05/19/2015
America’s Inequality Problem: Real Income Gains Are Brief and Hard to Find
The New York Times 09/13/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour
WSJ 10/02/2018
The higher minimum wage set in Michigan in 2014- $9.25 by 2018
05/29/2014
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Michigan Becomes Seventh State This Year to Raise Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2014
Strong Voice in ‘Fight for 15’ Fast-Food Wage Campaign
New York Times 12/04/2014
Andrew M. Cuomo: Fast-Food Workers Deserve a Raise
New York Times 05/06/2015
America’s Inequality Problem: Real Income Gains Are Brief and Hard to Find
The New York Times 09/13/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour
WSJ 10/02/2018
The minimum wage moves to $15 in New York City in 2015
07/22/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Plans $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers
New York Times 07/22/2015
Cuomo to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 for All New York State Employees
New York Times 11/10/2015
New York Budget Deal With Higher Minimum Wage Is Reached
New York Times 03/31/2016
New York’s Path to $15 Minimum Wage: Uneven, and Bumpy
New York Times 04/01/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour
WSJ 10/02/2018
The minimum wage in Germany
08/17/2010
Grouped Articles
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
New York Times 12/01/2013
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/2013
Amazon Wage Dispute Spreads Beyond Germany
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2013
German Workers' Wages Belie Country's Rebound
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2010
Merkel Caught In Middle On Wages
Wall Street Journal 12/26/2013
Faces of Hispanic Americans (Latinos) struggling at the minimum wage with parttime work in New York City
12/14/2014
Grouped Articles
A Growing Economic Recovery Bypasses Low-Wage Workers and Their Tables
New York Times 12/14/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
13 Who Defeated Adversity Earn New York Times College Scholarships
New York Times 03/11/2015
Andrew M. Cuomo: Fast-Food Workers Deserve a Raise
New York Times 05/06/2015
Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
New York Times 05/19/2015
Cuomo to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 for All New York State Employees
New York Times 11/10/2015
Increasing the minimum wage in Britain
08/20/2013
Grouped Articles
U.K. Moves To Tackle Income Squeeze
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013
The minimum wage is set to rise in Britain. And Conservatives are all for it. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2014
Swiss to Vote on $25-an-Hour Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Economist 08/24/2015
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
California's minimum wage increase to $15 per hour by 2022
03/27/2016
Grouped Articles
California Nears Deal to Adopt a $15 State Minimum Wage
New York Times 03/27/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour
WSJ 10/02/2018
Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America
NYTimes.com 08/28/2020
A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America
The Guardian 12/15/2017
Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/17/2015
New Obama administration overtime pay rules for salaried employees making more than $47,476 a year
06/03/2016
Overtime pay rules introduced in June 2016 that affect young graduates working long hours at sometimes an hourly minimum wage.
Grouped Articles
President Obama’s Overtime Pay Plan Threatens the ‘Prada’ Economy
The New York Times 06/03/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Increase in the minimum wage in 29 U.S. states by Jan. 2015 bringing more food, bus fare to millions of Americans
12/31/2014
Grouped Articles
States’ Minimum Wages Rise, Helping Millions of Workers
New York Times 12/31/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Andrew M. Cuomo: Fast-Food Workers Deserve a Raise
New York Times 05/06/2015
Democrats Are Rallying Around $12 Minimum Wage
New York Times 04/22/2015
Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
New York Times 05/19/2015
A stunning stat about pay seems impossible but actually is true - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/22/2015
The case for the minimum wage in Germany
03/29/2014
Business and labor organizations both support increasing the minimum wage and see a modest impact on jobs in March 2014. A key is that business has 2 years till 2017 to adjust in the new proposed law, and that the proposed $8.50 is already close to 50% of the median wage. The impact in improving wages will be felt in the lower wage restaurant and service sector, and in the eastern part of Germay. About 5 million workers would benefit. There are also exemptions for young workers of 18 years of age and workers with long periods of unemployment, a clause that could also be adopted in the U.S. to minimize impact on job loss.
Grouped Articles
German Minimum Wage Plan Gains Backing From Businesses
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2014
Swiss to Vote on $25-an-Hour Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Opinion | It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Merkel. Germany Is Broken.
New York Times 12/07/2018
Workers in U.S. fast-food retail stores and efforts to increase the minimum wage
04/15/2013
Grouped Articles
Fast-food workers plan a new wave of walkouts across the nation - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/04/2013
$15 Wage in Fast Food Stirs Debate on Effects
New York Times 12/04/2013
Dwindling Tools to Raise Wages
New York Times 12/10/2013
State of the Union: Obama Seeks to Narrow Income Gap
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2014
America's Miserly Minimum Wage Needs an Upgrade
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2013
Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones
New York Times 04/27/2014
America's trade unions and decline in union bargaining power: 2010-2012
12/06/2008
Grouped Articles
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2009
Wall Street Journal 12/06/2008
Public-Worker Unions Steel for Budget Fights
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2011
In Wisconsin and Washington, budget battles reshape political landscape
Washington Post 02/19/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/04/2011
Organized Labor Hopes Attacks by Some States Help Nurture Comeback
New York Times 03/05/2011
How teachers, firefighters and service workers union joined the opposition to the TPP and granting fast track trade authority in 2015, and why
06/12/2015
Firefighters and other service workers unions actively campaigned against the trade bills in Congress for the first time in 2015. The public sector unions now see how the closing of American factories, the decline in neighborhoods near plants, affects the demand for public services and the ability of cities and municipalities to pay for the public services. The decline in wages for industrial workers creates a negative perception for the higher wages in the public sector, reducing support from struggling industrial workers. The drastic drop in factory wages with globalization and the shrinking revenues of cities as incomes decline, is leading to a realization in labor that workers are affected in many ways by seemingly unrelated developments in trade and globalization. Another development is the expert information that shows the need for investment in infrastructure in the poorer countries of Latin America, and in the U.S., which would provide significant benefits. The benefits from trade tariff reduction are now small, as most of the benefits were achieved through earlier action in trade.
Grouped Articles
Labor’s Might Seen in Failure of Trade Deal as Unions Allied to Thwart It
New York Times 06/13/2015
Washington Dysfunction, With a Twist: Democrats Desert Their President
New York Times 06/12/2015
Unions Declare Partial Victory Against Obama’s Pacific Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 06/15/2015
Washington Post 10/23/2015
McConnell warns that trade deal can’t pass Congress before 2016 elections - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/11/2015
Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Would Lift U.S. Incomes, but Not Jobs Overall, Study Says
New York Times 01/25/2016
The conflicting objectives of Japan and Mexico, Canada, UAW and the U.S., relating to auto parts and components during negotiations for the TPP
09/04/2015
Japan uses China and Thailand as part of its supply chain. Mexico has made gains under NAFTA it does not want to lose with large imports of cheap Chinese auto parts. The U.S. auto industry is somewhere in the middle and the UAW trade union wants to preserve American jobs. The different interests of Canada, Mexico, Japan and the U.S. make it harger to negotiate aspects of the ATT related to the auto industry. The auto industry in the U.S. is not a significant beneficiary from passing of the TPP.
Grouped Articles
Auto-Parts Dispute Taps the Brakes on Pacific Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2015
McConnell warns that trade deal can’t pass Congress before 2016 elections - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/11/2015
Ford to More Than Double Mexico Production Capacity in 2018
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2016
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech
WSJ 06/28/2016
What the New GOP Means for Wall Street
WSJ 07/19/2016
The need for investment in infrastructure, education for raising level of worker skills, and wage subsidies for those left behind, in the world economy of 2014-2030
10/06/2014
This research in the Economist on the world economy shows the effects of technology are benefitting fewer people, leaving less skilled workers poorer than before, and creating large income gaps, more inequality. How to address these problems are a challenge for just and effective governance. Technology even at Hon Hai in China is shifting work to robots, and the question is how the millions of people in India can find jobs when technology can enable manufacturing with fewer people.
Grouped Articles
The world economy: Wealth without workers, workers without wealth
Economist 10/06/2014
Countering Tech’s Damaging Effect on Jobs
Wall Street Journal 10/15/2014
Janet Yellen Warns of Inequality Threat
New York Times 10/17/2014
Bad Stock-Market Timing Fueled Wealth Disparity
Wall Street Journal 10/27/2014
Hostility From U.S. as China Lures Allies to New Bank
New York Times 03/19/2015
Economic-Ladder Concerns Trump Income Gap in Poll
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2015
Tech's hugely negative effect on Jobs- reports by the Economist magazine and other research showing severe effect on jobs and incomes
10/06/2014
One Oxford University study goes so far as to say 47% of U.S. jobs could be automated in the next 20 years. Clerical jobs are rapidly being automated and manufacturing can be done with a small number of workers.
Grouped Articles
Countering Tech’s Damaging Effect on Jobs
Wall Street Journal 10/15/2014
The world economy: Wealth without workers, workers without wealth
Economist 10/06/2014
Hiring Booms, but Soft Wages Linger
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2015
U.S. Car-Making Boom? Not for Auto-Industry Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Washington Post 10/23/2015
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
2016 U.S. presidential election- matching programs and slogans for improving the life of the middle and working class
08/04/2016
Ultimately politicians have to deliver and you need well planned programs, specifics for action, to build infrastructure, to create jobs, and to increase wages and incomes for people working in the service economy and in manufacturing industries- how this happens as anger is being vented through slogans and the wall itself becomes a metaphor for those left out in the last 2 decades of tech based prosperity, is itself a question in the 2016 U.S. presidential elction.
Grouped Articles
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
Robust Jobs Report Spurs Fed Watch
WSJ 08/05/2016
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Spar Over Economic Proposals
WSJ 08/09/2016
The New York Times 08/12/2016
Trump a Working-Class Hero? A Blue-Collar Town Debates His Credentials
The New York Times 08/26/2016
Apple should repay Ireland 13bn euros, European Commission rules - BBC News
BBC News 08/30/2016
NAFTA, Trans Pacific Trade Agreement, and free trade- shifting sentiment of the working class in America against trade that leads to loss of manufacturing jobs
03/09/2016
The sentiment against loss of manufacturing jobs as a result of trade agreements and free trade is strongest in midwestern states such as Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, which have seen the loss of manufacturing jobs hurt their economy. Especially hurt are younger less educated workers who see their job prospects diminish and wages drop. Bernie Sanders narrowly won the Michigan primary against Hillary Clinton by bringing up this issue in a barrage of ads.
Grouped Articles
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Trade and Jobs Key to Victory for Bernie Sanders
New York Times 03/09/2016
Simmering for Decades, Anger About Trade Boils Over in ’16 Election
New York Times 03/29/2016
Why Trade Critics Are Getting Traction
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech
WSJ 06/28/2016
Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
The New York Times 06/28/2016
Comparitive advantage, free trade, jobs and the role of manufacturing in the U.S.
07/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
The hollowing out of Canada's manufacturing sector in Ontario province under the Conservative government and the general election of 2015
10/19/2015
The area around London, Ontario and Toronto, has seen a large loss in manufacturing jobs in the oil boom years. With the 20% decline in the Canadian currency after a fall in oil prices in 2014-2015, the manufacturing sector is seen as being so weakend that it has failed to benefit from the improvement in competitiveness. With no plan from the Conservatives under prime minister Harper other than going with the status quo, voters are shifting to the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau. Trudeau says he will run a small deficit to invest in infrastructure that will help manufacturing.
Grouped Articles
Amid Slumping Economy, Canada’s Stephen Harper Braces for Tight Election Race
Wall Street Journal 10/19/2015
Canada’s Justin Trudeau leads a Liberal landslide in stunning election victory - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/20/2015
Justin Trudeau Elected Prime Minister of Canada
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2015
For Canada, Most Noticeable Change Under Justin Trudeau Could Be Tone
New York Times 10/20/2015
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Globalization and manufacturing job losses in the U.S. and Canada 2000-2015
01/26/2016
Wage stagnation in the manufacuring sector in the U.S. is another aspect of the globalization trends, as workers in the U.S. compete with low wage workers in emerging markets such as Mexico and China.
Grouped Articles
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Mexico is growing less pessimistic about Donald Trump
The Economist 04/14/2017
"Deaths of Despair"- older white middle aged Americans 45-54 the situation in 2016
07/01/2016
Opioids, other diseases, social isolation, manufacturing job losses, lower social security checks as they retire early, lower savings cushion in adversity, are leading to higher mortality rates for this group in the U.S. This includes women in low income groups. See the article on the drop in the rankings of the Social Progress Index for the U.S. to 19th because of problems that include the woes of this group.
Grouped Articles
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis
The New York Times 07/13/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
U.S. Household Incomes Surged 5.2% in 2015, First Gain Since 2007
WSJ 09/13/2016
Tom Vilsack’s lonely fight for a ‘forgotten’ rural America
Washington Post 09/27/2016
Modest U.S. Jobs Growth Keeps Labor Market Steady
WSJ 10/07/2016
Young working class Americans in Lowell, Massachusetts, Richmond, Virginia, and other U.S. cities- 2008-2015
06/22/2013
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/22/2013
America’s white working class is a dying breed - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
Trump a Working-Class Hero? A Blue-Collar Town Debates His Credentials
The New York Times 08/26/2016
Apple should repay Ireland 13bn euros, European Commission rules - BBC News
BBC News 08/30/2016
Rebublican 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump and the core support from the white working class, many 55-64 years without a high school education
11/18/2015
A PRRI and Brookings Institution survey shows 55% of Donald Trump's support comes from the white working class who see immigrants in a negative light and are critical of large corporate interests. This group also sees political correctness as being a problem.
Grouped Articles
Trump Rides a Blue-Collar Wave
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2015
Donald Trump Forges New Blue-Collar Coalition Among Republicans
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
Donald Trump calls for ‘total’ ban on Muslims entering United States - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/08/2015
Trump Is the Democrats’ Dream Nominee
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2015
Donald Trump’s Plan on Muslims Is Opposed by Most Americans; GOP Is Split, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds
Wall Street Journal 12/11/2015
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2015
Social decline of the white working class and middle class in America
02/01/2016
Grouped Articles
How Both Parties Lost the White Middle Class
New York Times 02/01/2016
For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance
The New York Times 07/13/2016
The Democratic Platform’s Sharp Left Turn
WSJ 07/12/2016
Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
The blue collar and white working class vote in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
11/12/2015
Grouped Articles
Both parties face a blue-collar imperative - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2015
It’s the American Dream, Stupid
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2016
New York Times 01/29/2016
How Both Parties Lost the White Middle Class
New York Times 02/01/2016
Bernie Sanders on the Democratic Party agenda in 2016, the Brexit and Trump voter, and the working class American
06/29/2016
Grouped Articles
Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
The New York Times 06/28/2016
Brexit: a disaster decades in the making | Gary Younge
The Guardian 06/30/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Bernie Sanders Says ‘Elect Hillary,’ Gets Heavily Booed
WSJ 07/25/2016
Bernie Sanders aims to cool tensions in Philadelphia
CNN 07/25/2016
Stories of America's working class in 2016-2017
10/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest University
The New York Times 10/24/2016
Big government is the new West Coast craze
Washington Post 11/06/2016
The Guardian 11/06/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Washington Post 07/04/2018
Opinion | The Best Way for Democrats to Win Working-Class Voters
09/24/2018
Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Treaty (TTIP) unpopular in Germany
04/24/2016
As U.S. president Obama pushed for the treaty during his visit to the Hannover Fair, German newspapers say the treaty is even more unpopular now than when polls showed that about half of Germans opposed the treaty. Protesters in Hannover say they oppose the treaty because it benefits big business at the expense of working people. Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz oppose the trade treaties. Experts say most of the benefits from trade have already been gained, and the priorities have shifted to infrastructure, wages and the working class in the U.S. and in Europe, as some sections of society have lagged behind.
Grouped Articles
Obama Joins Angela Merkel in Pushing Trade Deal to a Wary Germany
New York Times 04/24/2016
More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade
The New York Times 09/28/2016
Trump Rhetoric Poses Dangers to American Democracy - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 10/19/2016
EU says new talks on TTIP unlikely after Trump win | Business | DW.COM | 11.11.2016
DW.COM 11/11/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The changing demographics of minimum wage workers in the U.S. in 2014-2015
06/09/2014
Not just young people take minimum wage jobs as more people can only get part time low paying jobs following the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/09/2014
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
A Growing Economic Recovery Bypasses Low-Wage Workers and Their Tables
New York Times 12/14/2014
States’ Minimum Wages Rise, Helping Millions of Workers
New York Times 12/31/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
After a Bounce, Wage Growth Slumps to 0.1%
New York Times 03/06/2015
Governor Cuomo's $15 minimum wage for state employees in New York
03/31/2016
Grouped Articles
New York Budget Deal With Higher Minimum Wage Is Reached
New York Times 03/31/2016
New York’s Path to $15 Minimum Wage: Uneven, and Bumpy
New York Times 04/01/2016
America’s Inequality Problem: Real Income Gains Are Brief and Hard to Find
The New York Times 09/13/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour
WSJ 10/02/2018
Ikea's plan to increase the minimum wage to $10.76 an hour for the U.S. in 2014
06/26/2014
Grouped Articles
Ikea to Increase Minimum Hourly Pay
New York Times 06/26/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Democrats Are Rallying Around $12 Minimum Wage
New York Times 04/22/2015
IKEA to Ratchet Up Its Hourly Pay in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2015
The New York Times 09/16/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The minimum wage in the U.S. 2010-2015
11/29/2011
Grouped Articles
8 States to Raise Minimum Wage
New York Times 12/23/2011
California Set to Raise State Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
In Washington State, Home of Highest Minimum Wage, a City Aims Higher
New York Times 10/13/2013
Patchwork of Local Wage Laws Fuels Debate Over Raising Federal Minimum
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
New York Times 12/01/2013
$15 Wage in Fast Food Stirs Debate on Effects
New York Times 12/04/2013
The minimum wage as political strategy- Democrats and state ballot measures in the U.S. for 2014-2015
04/15/2013
A push at the federal level for the minimum wage by the Obama administration in the U.S. and a push for state ballot measures by Democrats is the political strategy of Democrats in 2014. The idea is to make this a wedge issue with Republicans and tap into growing populism with the increasing gap in incomes.
Grouped Articles
Democrats Turn to Minimum Wage as 2014 Strategy
New York Times 12/29/2013
America's Miserly Minimum Wage Needs an Upgrade
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2013
Michigan Becomes Seventh State This Year to Raise Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2014
Strong Voice in ‘Fight for 15’ Fast-Food Wage Campaign
New York Times 12/04/2014
States’ Minimum Wages Rise, Helping Millions of Workers
New York Times 12/31/2014
Economic-Ladder Concerns Trump Income Gap in Poll
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2015
Wal-Mart, Target stores, TJX in 2015- efforts to raise the U.S. minimum wage, and competition for lower wage workers
05/16/2014
Wal-Mart, Target stores, and TJX raise the wages to over $9 per hour in 2015.
Grouped Articles
Wal-Mart Says It Won't Oppose Increase in Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Strong Voice in ‘Fight for 15’ Fast-Food Wage Campaign
New York Times 12/04/2014
Wal-Mart Raising Wages as Market Gets Tighter
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Wal-Mart’s Raises Reflect Tighter Jobs Market
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Target to Increase Wages to At Least $9/Hour for All Workers in April
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2015
France's boost of the minimum wage in 2012 under the Hollande administration
06/27/2012
France boosted the minimum wage in June 2012 to increase consumer spending.
Grouped Articles
California Set to Raise State Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Patchwork of Local Wage Laws Fuels Debate Over Raising Federal Minimum
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
New York Times 12/01/2013
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
France to Lift Minimum Wage in Bid to Rev Up Economy
Wall Street Journal 06/27/2012
The right level for the minimum wage in the U.S.- $10, $12 or $15?
04/15/2013
Grouped Articles
Dwindling Tools to Raise Wages
New York Times 12/10/2013
State of the Union: Obama Seeks to Narrow Income Gap
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2014
America's Miserly Minimum Wage Needs an Upgrade
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2013
Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones
New York Times 04/27/2014
Swiss to Vote on $25-an-Hour Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Michigan Becomes Seventh State This Year to Raise Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2014
Nationwide support for increasing the minimum wage in Britain
01/27/2014
Grouped Articles
The minimum wage is set to rise in Britain. And Conservatives are all for it. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2014
Swiss to Vote on $25-an-Hour Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Economist 08/24/2015
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
IKEA's plan to increase the minimum hourly wage in 2016 to $11.87 at U.S. stores
06/25/2015
Grouped Articles
IKEA to Ratchet Up Its Hourly Pay in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2015
California Nears Deal to Adopt a $15 State Minimum Wage
New York Times 03/27/2016
The New York Times 09/16/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
CBO projections on the minimum wage
02/19/2014
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 02/19/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Labor and trade unions in the U.S.- the crisis by 2016 after 8 years of a Democratic administration under president Obama
12/09/2016
Linked Articles
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
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