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By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 8) -- How much do auto workers really make nowadays? On Thursday, the New York Times ran a piece on General Motors' plans to build a new subcompact car in the United Sates with union labor. Deep into the story, the reporters (Bill Vlasik and Nick Bunkley) cited the following figures on auto workers' salaries: "Where the average G.M. worker earned over $70 an hour in wages and benefits before bankruptcy, the figure is now about $57, according to a study the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich.," they wrote. Indispensable economist Dean Baker, who writes a blog critiquing ...
Obama's Economy: 'I Welcome the Job'
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyWith unemployment at 9.5 percent, the highest it's been in 26 years, President Obama went on offense Tuesday in one of the states hardest hit by the country's economic troubles. In Warren, Mich., he told a crowd looking for answers: "My job is to solve problems, not to stand on the sidelines and harp and gripe." ...
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