Job Security
- Jobs More Secure with Duties on Chinese-made Tires The United Steelworkers (USW) welcomed today’s final determination by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for placing anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties on pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tire imports from China.
- Data Shows 2.3 Million Jobs Lost to China since 2001 The increasing U.S. trade deficit with China has cost 2.3 million American jobs between 2001 and 2007, including 366,000 last year alone, according to a study released today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). These displaced workers lost an average of $8,146 last year, a total of $19.4 billion, as they moved to lower-paying jobs.
- Study Finds Manufacturing Crisis Hits African Americans Harder A study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research has found that the share of African-Americans in manufacturing jobs fell from 23.9 percent in 1979 to 9.8 percent last year.
- “Insourcing” Is Not Creating American Jobs In an attempt to deflect public sentiment from recent reports of job losses due to free trade agreements and outsourcing, some economists and public officials are alleging that foreign companies are creating jobs by bringing investments to the U.S.
