The American Steel Industry - A New Deal Order or a New Deal?

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In 19 forty nine, the court system rules that in a couple of steel industry cases, that so called fringe benefits, health care and retirement in particular, are mandatory subjects of collective bargaining. So a recognized unionan employer, must negotiate with a recognized union over these subjects when they negotiated their first health plan this year. And insteard of stabilized, even kind of mainstream labor movements in places like germany and japan,. This is what what juda stein argues, if i remember correctly, that the us. Essentially puts its geo political interests ahead of the interests of domestic industry. Yes. I think i would depart from her in thinking that there was really ever any credible way

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