ECONOMY

Closed GM Plant Is Part Of Larger Negotiating Strategy For Striking UAW

6:37am September 19, 2019

by M.L. Schultze

As the GM strike continues, we return to the Lordstown plant in Ohio that made Chevy Cruzes before being closed. What do workers there think about the role their former plant plays in negotiations?

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News Brief: Saudi Oil Attack, Trudeau's Brownface, Fed Lowers Rates

6:29am September 19, 2019

Evidence mounts that Iran was behind attacks on Saudi oil facilities. Canada's prime minister apologizes for a brownface costume at 2001 party. And, the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates.

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Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, speaks at an August 28 rally in Sacramento, Calif., calling for passage of AB5 to limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors.

Economy

California Governor Signs Law Protecting Gig Economy Workers

7:14pm September 18, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The measure that reclassifies many independent contractors as employees could have national implications for the so-called gig economy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the Fed cut rates to "help keep the U.S. economy strong in the face of some notable developments and to provide insurance against ongoing risks."

Fed Cuts Interest Rates To Prop Up The Slowing Economy

5:22pm September 18, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The quarter-percentage-point cut will lower borrowing costs for households and businesses. The move is an effort to prolong the decade-old economic expansion in the face of rising headwinds.

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Day 3 Of The UAW's Strike Against GM And The Sides Are Very Far Apart

7:31am September 18, 2019

by Tracy Samilton

The key issues that remain unresolved are health insurance benefits, and the carmaker's reliance on temporary workers. The very far apart language leads some to believe the strike could be a long one.

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Economy

Locked And Loaded: The U.S., Saudi Arabia and Iran

3:27pm September 17, 2019

Houthi rebels in Yemen initially claimed responsibility for attacks on oil in Saudi Arabia, but U.S. officials say they know who the real "culprit" is.

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Foresight 2020: Senator Amy Klobuchar

2:23pm September 17, 2019

The Midwestern Democrat is leaning heavily into pragmatism ahead of the primary.

Eulalio Barrera Barrera's family was one of 6,000 to receive a monthly stipend funded by USAID that was cut off last month because of President Trump's foreign aid funding freeze. Like many families in the program, he spent the last cash on chickens.

Trump Froze Aid To Guatemala. Now Programs Are Shutting Down

2:13pm September 17, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

In April, the president put $450 million on hold for Guatemala as well as Honduras and El Salvador over what he described as the failure of their governments to stem the flow of migrants to the U.S.

Corporate Social Responsibility: More than just virtue signaling?

Does It Pay For Companies To Do Good?

1:42pm September 17, 2019

by Greg Rosalsky

As corporate America seeks to redefine its mission as a force for social good, new studies in economics are showing that there are self-serving reasons why they'd want to do that.

Economy

How UAW's Strike Against GM May Affect Ford And Fiat-Chrysler

7:25am September 17, 2019

NPR's David Greene talks to New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor, about the strike, and the future of unions.

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