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Noam Chomsky on Fragile US Empire

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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The Pandemic and the Inflation

B n s f and union pacific both had wonderful years in 20 21. The last time they struck, the strike only lasted 24 hours before congress ordered them back to work. We will see what happens this time. Ten unions are involved. Over the last five years, the number of jobs we're talking about fell from a hundred and 25 thousand to a hundred thousand. Accidents and injuries went up nine point four %. Meanwhile, pendemic justified weird schedules, good for the company, not for the workers.

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