Thursday, August 30, 2012

Buffalo Business First, August 17, 2012, Friday

Buffalo Business First

August 17, 2012, Friday

Buffalo Business First

Union membership spike runs contrary to trend

“Most of those changes are the consequence of the globalization of certain industries and the pressure to compete on a low-cost model,” said Lou Jean Fleron, director of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in Buffalo. “American corporations are acting globally in the interest of shareholders instead of some kind of national interest.”