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That situation should bode well for short-term U.S. competitiveness, but discontent among American workers is rising. Says Harley Shaiken, a labor economist at the University of California at San Diego: "It amounts to a reversal of the American dream." Agrees Rudy Oswald, chief economist for the AFL-CIO: "There is a growing feeling of 'We won't take any more of this...
...workers, has replaced the decidedly less sympathetic Utah Republican Orrin Hatch as chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. Democrats who are friendly to or received campaign money from the labor movement are in positions to help along the bulk of the business-related legislation. Boasts AFL-CIO Executive Howard Samuel: "We control the committees and the agenda on the floor...
...unions up to six months in advance of plant closings and substantial layoffs. A version that passed the House Labor Committee last week goes even further, requiring employers to consult with unions before making such decisions. "With advance notice, workers can begin to look for new jobs," says AFL-CIO Secretary- Treasurer Thomas Donahue. But critics charge that the bills would sharply limit management's flexibility. In an editorial, the Detroit News called the legislation "Metzen-bomb." Executives at Pittsburgh-based USX, which has , been in the throes of restructuring its steelmaking operations, contend that such a law would have...
Another costly bill that makes businesses queasy is Kennedy's plan to require them to pay at least 80% of employees' insurance premiums for hospital care, physicians' fees and diagnostic tests. Says John Sweeney, president of the 850,000-member Service Employees International Union of the AFL-CIO: "The bill promises relief for low-wage earners, part-time workers and taxpayers who have had to pick up the tab" for medical costs. But the bill would lay a new $20 billion-a-year burden on businesses, which currently are not required to offer health-care benefits...
...renewed confidence is largely due to the backing the HUCTW received this winter from the AFL-CIO's largest union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The national endorsement has brought the Harvard labor movement financial support, research assistance and the right to be called the "premier organizing drive for [AFSCME] across...