Britannia Radio

Using The Economic Crisis 
To Attack Workers
Employers Are Undermining 
The Stimulus Program
By Dave Lindorff
6-22-9

 

...But there is another factor at work, which is not getting much attention, and that is the negative role being played by employers, both public and private, in worsening the recession and undermining the stimulus effort, such as it is, by actually using economic crisis as an excuse to further attack and undermine workers and their incomes...   ... Across the country, companies and public institutions have been taking brutal advantage of the economic crisis as an opportunity to attack their workers, slashing employment, demanding pay cuts (the New York Times, for example, has cut employee paychecks by 5%), reducing long-held benefits, and generally contributing to the impoverishment and insecurity of the broader American workforce...   For the rest of this story, please go to:   http://www.thiscantbehappening.net