Labor & Economic News Blog


Monday, March 02, 2009

Failing Auto Industry Buffets Black Middle Class

Failing Auto Industry Buffets Black Middle Class
NPR audio:
General Motors announced last week that it would hack another 47,000 jobs and close five more U.S. plants. As orders for cars continue to slump, the pink slips keep raining down, and the long, reliable middle-class comfort enjoyed by autoworkers — many of them black — is rapidly vanishing.

 



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