Bold action needed to rebuild America and create jobs, progressives tell Congress
PWW Daily Online (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... but rather “sustained, across-the-board” assistance in the range of $450 billion to $500 billion. Ron Bloom, a special assistant to United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard, said the USW “is at ground zero of the manufacturing economy.” Public investment in infrastructure is fundamental, he said. “We make no apology for arguing that workers be well paid and work in a safe, healthy environment,”...
