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American History

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,257 posts) Wed Jun 1, 2022, 03:17 PM Jun 2022

Listening to Fresh Air interview NY Times' David Gelles discussing this.

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?
June 1, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1101505691/short-term-profits-and-long-term-consequences-did-jack-welch-break-capitalism

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Did Jack Welch break Capitalism? [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 OP

i recall the movie Norma Rae from 1979. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #3

"Jack Welch Was a Bitter Foe of American Workers" Unionbusting appalachiablue Jun 2022 #4

And the recourse for this betrayal of working Americans? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #5

The brave workers who are pushing for unions now appalachiablue Jun 2022 #6