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Election Outcome: Bad News for Workers
Working families face an uncertain future for the next two years as an
anti-worker majority seized congressional control and began pushing a
pro-business agenda. “We lost this battle,” said IP Tom Buffenbarger,
“but the war goes on.” He said the IAM and its allies will continue
the fight to save U.S. and Canadian jobs.
“Our top priority remains keeping high-wage and middle-class jobs,”
Buffenbarger said. “This union will continue to fight to keep jobs and
stop the hemorrhaging of work overseas,” he added. “We will continue
to rally against trade policies that work to de-industrialize our nations.
The fight for jobs in manufacturing across North America is a battle that
must be waged and won.”
With Republicans gaining control of both the White House and Congress, the
Bush administration plans speedy action on extending his massive tax cuts
for the wealthy, rolling back regulations on Big Business and privatizing
Social Security.
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