Detroit's $70-an-hour autoworker

Media Matters by Eric Boehlert | Nov. 27, 2008 (Opinion)

Question: Is the press just being sloppy on this issue of supposedly pampered autoworkers, or are there other elements in play? Because honestly, I've had trouble escaping the not-very-subtle elitist, get-a-load-of-this tone that has run through the media's misinformation on the topic; i.e., "These autoworkers get paid that?!" Full Story »

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Topics: U.S. Economy, Labor
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Nov 27, 2008 - 11:46 AM PST
Reviewed by: Karen Schmitt (review), Louise Auerhahn (review), Joe Pallas (review), Jan Sandred (review), Leo Romero (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Nov 27, 2008 - 11:46 AM PST

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 by Joe Pallas - Nov. 28, 2008

This piece tells the truth about a highly misleading "fact" that has gotten wide circulation.

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Nov. 30, 2008

As one Daily Kos diarist pointed out last week, according to the UAW website, the base pay for a worker in a UAW plant ... More »

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Louise Auerhahn
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 by Louise Auerhahn - Nov. 28, 2008
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 by Karen Schmitt - Nov. 28, 2008
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 by Jan Sandred - Nov. 28, 2008
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