1.6 Million More Jobs at Risk from Illegal Subsidies

WTO Violations Threaten Jobs Recovery in U.S. Auto Industry

Washington D.C.— More than 400,000 jobs in the U.S. auto supply chain have been lost since 2000 and another 1.6 million U.S. jobs are at risk unless China's illegal trading practices are curtailed, according to three separate reports released today. 

"Taken together, these three reports show beyond a shadow of a doubt that China's blatant use of illegal government subsidies and a web of predatory trade practices on a massive scale are undercutting companies in the U.S. auto supply chain," said Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a non-profit, non-partisan partnership of leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers.

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund To Host Panel Discussion on Alzheimer’s

Robert Bazell, NBC Chief Science and Health Correspondent,
Will Moderate Panel

Boston—Advancements made in research and treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease will be just some of the topics discussed at the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund 2011 Fall Symposium on Oct. 18.  The event is free and open to all, and those interested in learning more about the progress being made in Alzheimer’s research are encouraged to attend.

Randi Weingarten and other education labor leaders will be taking a high-profile spot at this week’s unprecedented national conference on education collaboration with Education Secretary Arne Duncan in Denver and will highlight the reform efforts accomplished because school and union leaders chose to work together, not fight.

Fire fighters and paramedics are fighting back against politically motivated attacks on their pensions. The International Association of Fire Fighters today launched a public education campaign calling out politicians like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who use first responders as scapegoats for the financial woes of the nation’s states and cities.