Hey Michelle, Read My Book

by Robert Sheer, Truthdig On Tuesday, I received yet another deceptively personal e-mail addressed to “Robert” from Michelle Obama asking me once again to contribute to the “amazing journey” toward “progress” that her husband has led. “Fool me once,” I muttered, regretful of my previous contribution and even embarrassed to wear the artist-designed Obama for [...]

US corporate profits soar on layoffs, wage cuts

by Barry Grey, WSWS US corporate profits are soaring in the midst of the deepest economic slump since the Great Depression, on the basis of a ruthless policy of using mass unemployment to slash wages and heighten the exploitation of American workers. In order to make the impoverishment of the working class a permanent feature [...]

UAW, GM slash workers’ wages by half at Michigan plant

by Tom Eley, WSWS Setting a new wage-cutting precedent, the United Auto Workers (UAW) on Sunday announced that 40 percent of current workers at the General Motors Lake Orion plant will work at about $14 per hour, half the standard wage, once the temporarily idled Michigan factory begins production on a new line of small [...]