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Jack Welch Was a Bitter Foe of American Workers

Erik Loomis History News Network
Jack Welch, who died this month at the age of 84, changed the trajectory of American capitalism, however the obituaries left out or downplayed Welch’s greatest impact in shaping the unequal and unfair America of today: unionbusting.

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Acting with Impunity: The Case of General Electric

Lawrence S. Wittner History News Network
Can the world’s biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to General Electric (GE) -- the eighth-largest U.S. corporation, with $146.9 billion in sales and $13.6 billion in profits in 2012 -- the answer appears to be “yes.”

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Locomotive Builders Say, ‘Keep It Made in Erie!’

Mark Haller Labor Notes
Locomotive builders in Erie, Pennsylvania, are rallying today to demand that General Electric stop the transfer of nearly a third of the plant’s jobs to a non-union, lower-wage factory in Texas.
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