AFL-CIO seeks to dispel notions about job losses By Michael Burke, Journal Times Online, WI
RACINE COUNTY - The remarks are familiar: Losing manufacturing jobs is inevitable; it's the result of greater productivity; and America hangs onto the higher-knowledge jobs while losing the blue-collar types.
All myths, says the AFL-CIO in a report released Tuesday titled 'Wisconsin Job Exports: An Analysis of the Role Trade Plays in Manufacturing Job Loss.'
'It's just not true,' said Robert Baugh, executive director of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Council. 'It's just flat-out not true.'