On Thursday, April 24, 2008, auto workers on strike at American Axle rallied in Detroit outside a shareholders meeting of the company where Richard Dauch, CEO, reiterated company demands for pay cuts amounting to more than half the workers wages and benefits. Detroit police were mobilized in force with two dozen squad cars, a bus to transport prisoners, and a special riot control squad armed with firearms and large canisters of mace.
China announces retaliation against Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”
The blanket tariff on all US goods was previously considered a worst-case option, but such is the level of the attack that Beijing decided to go ahead with it.
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Stanford nurses union announces sellout contract for 6,000 healthcare workers
Health care as a profession is under a full-frontal assault led by the Trump administration and anti-science quack Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was installed by Trump as the head of Health and Human Services.
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Senate Democrats overwhelmingly reject restricting US arms sales to Israel
The resolutions, like the previous ones Sen. Sanders advanced less than four months ago, had no chance of passing and were aimed at covering up the bipartisan support for genocide in Washington.
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Canada announces retaliation for Trump’s 25 percent auto tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs on non-USMCA-compliant, US-made automobiles marks the third time the Canadian government has responded to Trump's trade war measures.
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