Is another US civil war on the horizon?

LABOUR

America’s rail freight industry, already run down by poor, ideological management, is now facing a crippling strike over its refusal to give a pay rise, with dire consequences for the US economy. Around 30% of work in the US is done remotely now — and the economic effects are becoming clear. We’re not the only ones re-embracing industry-wide bargaining — in California, the mammoth fast-food industry faces a challenge to its attempts to keep workers disempowered. Who wrote the rules for international capital? A bloke called Harry White, the subject of a new book on the creation of the post-war global financial structure.