September 13, 2013
Crucial Conversation: Worse than NAFTA? (9/26)
Join us and NC Policy Watch for a very crucial conversation luncheon about the T.P.P.
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August 17, 2012
Offshoring jobs continues to drag down N.C.’s economy
Read MoreA recent brief by the Budget and Tax Center underlines just how serious a problem offshoring has been for North Carolina’s economy. Without all the losses from corporations shipping our jobs to China since 2001 and to Mexico in just one year, 2010, unemployment in North Carolina would be down almost to where it was before the Great Recession.
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October 5, 2011
AFL-CIO Opposes Korea, Columbia, Panama Unfair Trade Agreements
Read MoreStanding up for working families who have seen their jobs shipped overseas, the AFL-CIO has launched ads calling on Congress to oppose flawed trade deals with Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Call 1-800-718-1008 to tell your member of Congress to “Vote NO” on unfair trade!
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September 23, 2011
Report: North Carolina Has Lost 107k+ Jobs to China
Read More107,390 jobs have been lost because of unfair trade practices with China, according to a report released by the Alliance for American Manufacturing. The report comes as Congress is set to debate new agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama in the coming weeks.
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February 18, 2011
Why Free Trade Doesn’t Work by Ian Fletcher
Read MoreIn this video, author Ian Fletcher, a research fellow at the U.S. Business & Industry Council, explains why free trade doesn’t work and talks about his book with the same title. This talk was given at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on July 16, 2010.
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February 16, 2011
Excellent Column About Unemployed Workers
Read MoreAfter the President delivered his State of the Union address, The Herald newspaper in Rock Hill, SC – where 15.7% of county residents are unemployed – published a column, Unemployed to politicians: “What country are they all living in?” Author Andrew Dys visited the local unemployment office to listen to the stories of job seekers and to get their reaction to all the talk from various politicians about jobs and unemployment:
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October 29, 2010
Free-Trade Economics: Fantasy We Cannot Afford
Read MoreSix reasons the U.S. should abandon the myth There was a great opinion piece published this week in Bloomberg News of all outlets that makes the case for policymakers in our country to rethink their devotion to the ideology of ‘free’ trade. Ian Fletcher, author of the book “Free Trade Doesn’t Work” and an adjunct […]
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October 12, 2010
Public Citizen Launches Trade Data Center
Read MoreNew research tool illustrates impact of trade policy on our way of life Public Citizen, a national non-profit that advocates in the public’s interest, has consolidated a wealth of information – some of it previously unavailable to the public – that allows you to research the myriad ways trade policy affects our jobs, environment, and […]
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September 30, 2010
Keep it Made in USA Town Hall in Asheville (10/21)
Read MoreCelebrate American manufacturing Next year, economic forecasters predict that America will lose its #1 global ranking in manufacturing for the first time in 110 years. That’s right, China is projected to pass the U.S. in manufacturing in 2011. American manufacturing has already suffered its worst decade on record with more than 5 million jobs lost, […]
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June 4, 2010
Senator Richard Burr (R-Chutzpah)
Read MoreSenator Richard Burr (R-NC) Having voted for CAFTA, Burr touts jobs in area devastated by free trade Republican Senator Richard Burr toured Northeast North Carolina on Wednesday, stopping in Edenton in Chowan County to tout jobs at the Colony Tire Plant and burnish his credentials with rural North Carolina voters. What’s the big deal with […]
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Former employees at Concord, NC plant to get assistance Shortly after last year’s stimulus package included a little-publicized provision that liberalized the eligibility requirements for Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) benefits, IAMAW Local Lodge 108 and BCTGM Local 229T, the two unions representing employees at the Philip Morris facility in Concord, filed a joint petition seeking […]
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November 10, 2009
Hickory, NC: A Case Study in Pitfalls of ‘Free Trade’
Read MoreGeraldine Ritch lost her job to China, then her house to foreclosure in Hickory, NC (photo by Jim Bounds for Washington Post) Western NC town has 15% unemployment, focus of report by Washington Post North Carolina has lost more jobs – 90,000 – to foreign competition than any other state since 2002, according to the […]
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September 23, 2009
President Obama Goes to Bat for Steelworkers
Read MoreDefends domestic tire makers from illegal Chinese trade practices Responding to pleas for relief from the United Steelworkers union and for the strict enforcement of our trade agreements, President Obama slapped tariffs on imported Chinese tires on September 11, 2009. The move came in response to a complaint filed by the USW with the International […]
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