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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Thursday, May 29, 2008 ::
Stop the Toxic Trade Profit Cycle Killing Americans - By Leo W. Gerard/USW via The Huffington Post
Until very recently, tires like the ones that failed on the carpenters' van in Philadelphia were made in Tyler, Texas -- by Steelworkers employed by Goodyear.
In 2006, Goodyear announced it would close the Tyler plant in favor of low cost imports. Even the enticement of $12 million in tax breaks didn't change the company's mind. So 725 American workers lost their jobs.
Workers in Texas could not compete with those in China laboring long days, for pennies an hour, in hazardous working conditions, in places where environmental regulations are not enforced and, as the Philadelphia incident shows, quality standards are not imposed.
Round and round it goes. American workers lost their jobs. American tire buyers lost their lives. Goodyear made $602 million in profits last year and Chinese tire companies made untold millions.
The Toxic Avengers will appear in Ohio Wednesday.------------------------------------------- posted 6:33 AM :: reference link ::
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