Keep America Strong – Buy American-Made Products
Every year, millions of manufacturing jobs are being lost in the United States. This not only means millions of families without income, it means a loss in the country’s ability to produce goods for its own use.
If the country is going to get back to the self-sufficient nation it once was not so long ago, then Americans need to step up and support American industry. It’s as simple as that. Buying cheap things made in China or Taiwan does not give me pride of ownership. Does it you? We can’t afford to lose the skills and technology that have made our country what it is.
We should buy American-made because:
1) Saves or create jobs for American citizens so they can support their families and the U.S. economy.
2) The money made by American companies stays in America, thereby supporting our economy at home.
3) Products made in American are held to safety standards not found in other countries so the products you buy are safer and usually more reliable.
4) Saves on energy. Products made in other countries must be imported on cargo ships. These ships travel thousands of miles using thousands of gallons of fuel.
5) Makes our country more self-sufficient. We need to maintain our manufacturing abilities and technology so we aren’t dependent on foreign countries for everything. Read the rest of this entry »
Tracing American Trade Union History In Brief
Early Years
In the United States, Trade Unions have made their presence felt right from the times of the freedom struggle when a batch of carpenters disguised as Mohawk Indians appeared at the famous Boston Tea Party. From then on strikes and agitations by several unions have been recorded in history, for example, the early years of the 197th century witnessed workers’ strike for improvement in working conditions was recorded. In the 1820′s several Trade Unions protested to reduce the number of working hours from 12-10. Many of these attempts were not successful but it marked the rise of worker’s unions in almost every area of skilled labor. It was in the year 1866 that the National Labor Union was formed and after several attempts managed to bring into effect an 8 hr working day for Federal workers. But the NLU disappeared with the economic depression of 1873. Another notable Union was formed in 1886 called the American federation Of Labor.
Activities
Over the years, the AFL continued their activities in a minor way with membership depreciating in times of poverty and starvation until the year 1935 when the Committee for industrial organization was formed with some members of the AFL to bring into effect Industrial Unionism. The CIO and the AFL merged in later years to reduce the jurisdictional disputes between unions and succeeded in establishing industrial Unionism in almost all sectors of American Industry. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stop OffShoring Jobs And Invest In The Americas
An economic catastrophe that is befalling the United States is the growing number of jobs off shored to China and India. American industry isn’t looking at the long term consequences of its approach to wealth. There’s nothing wrong with making a profit, of course. What’s wrong with this approach is that it doesn’t make any long-term sense. For instance, the instability of China and India as permanent labor markets due to their social and political conditions should be a matter of concern. In addition, American industry isn’t investing in its home base.
The United States labor market offers advantages that are too often ignored, not only American-born workers who are better educated, although half of them are considered post-1945 elders, but workers born in Canada and Mexico, who come to the United States to work. Many enter legally and, of course, many come in illegally. Their illegal status isn’t the point. The point is that they come in as a result of supply and demand because the United States is part of a regional economic market. It’s what we call a de facto economic market in which American auto parts manufacturers and retailers, like Wal-Mart, open subsidiaries in Canada and Mexico and hire local workers, while other Canadian and Mexican workers, whether legal or illegal, respond to the siren call of jobs in the United States. It’s as old as the Americas because it’s always happened, even before the Europeans arrived. The Europeans were the ones who created the physical boundaries between the United States, Canada and Mexico, not the Americans. Read the rest of this entry »
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