After Obama picked many centrist, conventional Democrats—and even Republicans—to his Cabinet, his choice for labor secretary is refreshing. Hilda Solis is a progressive with a will to fight and to work with grassroots labor, environmental and immigrant worker movements. Labor leaders across the board applauded the appointment of Solis, who serves on the board of American Rights at Work, a labor-founded… return to article
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Reader Comments (3)Page 1 of 1 pagesOne ides I had is simply to sell GM and Chrysler to the workers, let them become emplyee-owned cooperatives. They could hardly do worse than the management that has run the auto industry into the ground over the last 30 years. This current recession could be an opportunity to expand the whole cooperative sector of the economy, if it had proper government support, such as a revived National Cooperative Bank,.
Posted by mcmchugh99 on Dec 22, 2008 at 10:51 AM As always, David - excellent report and a fitting tribute to Ron Carey as well.
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Posted by kenbrociner on Dec 24, 2008 at 6:04 AM Wasn’t Ron Carey found not guilty on all charges? Regardless, Hoffa is an idiot and has tried to take the Teamsters as far as Carey did. Carey was a true unionist. Hoffa is a wanna be thug.
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