Dec 8th, 2008 · The financial crisis facing America's Big Three auto companies has spotlighted the role of the United Auto Workers Union. Many think that the wages and benefits of union workers have dragged down business and profits. Author Bill Fletcher, a longtime advocate of the AFL-CIO, disagrees with that point of view. He's the co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal and co-author of the book Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path Toward Social Justice. He tells Farai Chideya why many unions have lost their way in the global economy.
Keywords: financial · Economy · global · Business · crisis · companies · America · workers · Union · auto · founder · Farai Chideya
Sep 30th, 2008 · On today's Africa update, we recap the Clinton Global Initiative. Plus, South Africa swears in a new president and Nigerians make a bid to buy an English soccer team. For analysis, Farai Chideya talks with Bill Fletcher, Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies.
Keywords: Nigeria · Africa · president · Manchester · Nigerian · soccer · English · Farai Chideya · Bill Fletcher · Clinton Global Initiative · Institute for Policy Studies · Senior Scholar
Jan 26th, 2005 · According to a new report by the United Nations Millennium Project, every 3.6 seconds, someone dies of starvation -- and it's usually a child. Last week, the United Nations unveiled a comprehensive strategy to turn the tide of extreme global poverty. NPR's Tony Cox takes a closer look at the plan with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, director of both the U.N. Millennium Project and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Bill Fletcher, president of TransAfrica Forum.
Keywords: director · Child · president · global · U.N · United Nations · extreme · Strategy · poverty · Columbia University · Tony Cox · Jeffrey Sachs
