"John Andrew Budd" is a former Australian politician.

He was born at Coventry in England and worked as an adviser to David Beddall, the federal Minister for Small Business (Australia)/Minister for Small Business and Customs. In 1992 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Australian Labor Party/Labor member for Electoral district of Redlands/Redlands. He served until his defeat by a National Party of Australia/National Party candidate in 1995.

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The real difficulty will be creating 1,900 good jobs for workers with high school diplomas ? full-time jobs that pay enough to raise a family, that include health and pension benefits, and that have paid sick leave and vacations. But how to do this in a global economy is a huge challenge that every country in the world is grappling with.

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It's not that unions are losing members, it's just that they aren't able to keep up with the growth in the labor force.

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Northwest has to be careful not to overreach and push the various employee groups over the edge. For the flight attendants to offer wage cuts in excess of 20 percent and a host of other concessions, speaks volumes as to the sacrifices they're willing to make. Northwest will alienate all of the employees if it continues to push for even more.

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