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By Peggy Griffith, Local 4302 Election '08: What's Really at Stake? Comparison of Obama and McCain Tax Proposals
Election '08: What's Really at Stake? Green Jobs vs. No Jobs
Call it a tale of two companies: One looked to the future 10 years ago and started with just three workers making hybrid car batteries. Now 246 people work there, excited to be part of a ground-breaking venture that's paying them union-negotiated wages and benefits.
Election '08: What's Really at Stake? - Jobs & Trade - Candidates Clash on Free Trade, Fair Trade
Among the whopping 1.6 million Americans added to the jobless rolls in the last year were CWA members at General Electric, Delphi, General Motors and other companies that shut down plants or customer service centers and moved work to cheap labor markets.
Election '08: What's Really at Stake? - Health Care - McCain Would Tax Workers’ Health Benefits as
Of concern to union members with paid health benefits, John McCain is proposing that workers start paying income tax on the value of their health benefits, a plan that some experts say would lead companies to dump their employee coverage.