The war on labor in the U.S. today

Here's a very interesting post on GM layoffs, the media and U.S. labor today by John Perr (PERRspectives)

GM headquarters in Detroit
(Photo stolen from Arrakeen's Site)

GM and the War on Labor

"You can learn a lot about the state of class warfare in America just by reviewing the reaction to General Motors' recent announcement that it will lay off 30,000 workers and shutter a dozen plants in North America.

While E.J Dionne at the Washington Post offered a thoughtful piece on the political responses to the impact of globalization and spiraling health care costs on manufacturing giants such as GM, Rich Lowry of the conservative National Review does what the right does best: blame the victim."

(also see: E.J.Dionne in the WP)