Al Neal
LATEST ARTICLES BY Al Neal
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GM battleground: On the Detroit-Hamtramck picket line with the UAW
October 23, 2019"We GM workers stuck together, fought together, went out on strike—uniting temporary workers with seniority workers, and bringing the Big Three workers (GM, Ford, Chrysler) back together.”
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Brexit déjà vu: U.K. and EU reach “new” deal, awaits parliamentary approval
October 17, 2019The midnight oil was burning in Brussels, Belgium as Britain and the European Union finally hammered out a tentative new Brexit deal early Thursday.
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Possible Brexit concessions in the works on Northern Ireland
October 9, 2019European governments are prepared to accept a unilateral revocation of the withdrawal treaty as long as both communities—unionists and Irish nationalists—agree to it.
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U.K. and EU tempers flare as hopes of a Brexit deal disappear
October 8, 2019A sense of brevity is absent behind the iconic, six-paneled, Georgian style, front door of Number 10 Downing Street: The prime minister’s office.
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Death by overwork: Building trades union demands safety inspections at Tokyo Olympics
October 7, 2019A typical management response found in all workplaces and sectors: “Our internal investigation, which we performed, found we did nothing wrong.”
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Johnson’s “fair and reasonable” Brexit compromise falls on deaf ears
October 4, 2019“Deal or no deal, this Government’s agenda is clear: they want a Trump Deal Brexit,” said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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Johnson faces possible no-confidence vote in U.K.; Labour prepares alternative government
September 30, 2019There are whispers of a vote to sack the prime minister and installation of a minority government headed by the Labour Party's Jeremy Corbyn.
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Boris Johnson faces outraged Parliament, accuses opposition parties of “betrayal”
September 26, 2019The prime minister branded opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn a peddler of “Communist rhetoric.”
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