[A-List] LRA's Economic Notes

["Charles Brown" <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

February 13, 2006


LRA Executive Director Greg Tarpinian Moves on to Change to Win
Statement of the Board of Directors of the Labor Research Association:

Greg Tarpinian, the Executive Director of the Labor Research Association
since 1983, has resigned to join the new Change to Win federation as its
Executive Director. During his 23-year tenure, Greg Tarpinian built LRA into
an influential and important American institution. His analysis of economic
and political trends and his advocacy for working people and the labor
movement are unmatched. We are proud that he will now have the opportunity
to lend his expertise to the task of rebuilding the American labor movement
through Change to Win. We wish Greg and Change to Win success in their
efforts.


The Real Cost of the Bush Presidency
During the last year of the Clinton administration domestic spending finally
outpaced military spending as a percentage of GDP for the first time since
1940. The United States had finally joined other advanced nations in putting
more money into social programs than the military. But that huge achievement
was short-lived. Beginning in 2003, the U.S. resumed its military buildup
and put a quick end to improvements in domestic programs. Bush's new fiscal
year 2007 budget has the U.S. spending more on its military than the entire
rest of the world combined.
http://www.laborresearch.org/story2.php/410



LABOR NEWS

Union Takes New Tack in Organizing Effort at Pork-Processing Plant
New York Times (February 13, 2006) (Reg Req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/national/13labor.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Union activist's death in Colombia spurs U.S. campus boycott talk of Coke
Chicago Tribune (February 13, 2006) (Reg Req'd)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602130151feb13,1,4022911
.story

Trade Center Restaurant's Workers Back in Business -- This Time as Owners
Washington Post (February 13, 2006)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021001
901.html

Judge to Rule On Northwest's Bid To Void Labor Pacts
Wall Street Journal (February 13, 2006) (Sub Req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113979669866672105.html?mod=home_whats_news_
us

Judge OKs Bonus Plans for Delphi Execs
Newsday (February 13, 2006)
http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-delphi-bankruptcy,0,
4331720.story




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