(late entry) We have a great show. I interview Bill Scher as we explore a really terrible week for the Democrats. Remember I’m on iTunes and several other podcasting services.
I don’t know much about Burma –or Myanmar–except to say that it is a very repressive country. Buddhist monks and others are currently protesting in Burma for political freedoms. These people appear to be quite brave to protest under such a harsh government. This link to the BBC offers a number of articles on the current protests and some background to the situation
This could be big. It could be huge. This is going to dictate the direction of labor in this country for the next 20 years. I’ll have more on this soon. ———— From AP: In the end, the first nationwide strike against General Motors Corp. in 37 years came because the United Auto Workers want something that GM will find difficult to promise: Job security. UAW officials said the 73,000 UAW members who work at about 80 U.S. facilities for the nation’s largest automaker didn’t strike Monday over what many thought would trip up the talks: A plan to shift the
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