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Andy's Written Another Book--Yours for only $15.60 American

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Plutodog	quote Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:10 pm
Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 300 Location: Oregon	Toss your cookies now or toss 'em later A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track by Andy Stern About This Book ISBN: 0743297679 In A Country That Works Andy Stern, the maverick leader of the fastest-growing union in the United States, proposes a revolutionary paradigm for America and labor, in which workers and management and all Americans can thrive in the global economy. Publisher Comments: Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans' hard work is rewarded in today's hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the house of labor — taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the Wal-Marting of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living — threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address — and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms. In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn't working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is thatour system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us. Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can move into the twenty-first century with their futures secure. As Stern so persuasively shows, it is time for bold thinking and creative solutions to overhaul a health care system in crisis; correct a tax system rigged in favor of business and the wealthy; revamp our inadequate retirement system; and make truly innovative improvements in education. He presents a set of course-correction reforms so compelling, simple, and achievable that readers will find themselves enraged that they haven't yet been enacted. Americans have a right to expect our government to work for us. Andy Stern shows how we can get things back on track to make sure it does. Synopsis: The maverick leader of the fastest-growing union in the United States proposes a revolutionary paradigm for America and labor--in which workers and management and all Americans can thrive in the global economy. I think I'll wait for the movie...however I nominate Wm Pasz and Bill Pearson to do book reviews _________________ "I'm not a humanitarian,I'm a hell-raiser" -- Mother Jones
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wm pasz	quote Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:13 pm
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1219 Location: Toronto	Oh crap, you mean I'm going to have to read the whole nauseating thing? Guess I'll stock up on Gravol now. I wonder what Andy's revolutionary new paradigm could be - or will he keep us waiting and guessing that guy, Greg, who seemed to be a fan of his. And ick, I've got to pay for the damned thing too. I think we've got the revolutionary new paradigm. _________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X
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