Labor Tension Rising at American Airlines, As Bankruptcy Judge OKs Union Busting

In These Times by Bruce Vail | Sep. 6, 2012 (News)

With the stroke of a pen, federal Judge Sean L. Lane this week stripped away the contract rights of about 10,000 men and women who work as unionized pilots for American Airlines. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 6, 2012 - 9:49 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 6, 2012

The story is basically just the facts and opinions on the surface, but it reveals the national failure to recognize the interests of employees as stakeholders in a corporation.

The failure extends to bought out lawmakers and to a culture of predatory capitalism.

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