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On the Sunday before Labor Day, the Wichita Eagle features an article by Dan Vorhees on “Why are people against labor unions” Vorhees writes that union membership is declining, but doesn’t mention that our labor laws are broken or the massive and systematic intimidation of workers when companies oppose organizing drives. Right now, the Eagle
Read moreAs many of us gather for parades, barbecues and festivities in honor of the many men and women – past and present – who toil day in and day out in hopes of a better life, let us not forget the 31 million who will be celebrating this Labor Day from the unemployment line. Let
Read moreIAM District 143 today announced it will be entering federally-mediated negotiations with Alaska Airlines on September 7, 2010 on behalf of 2,700 employees in the clerical, office and passenger service (COPS) classification at the Seattle-based carrier. “We have been in direct negotiations for months, but Alaska Airlines has been unwilling to adequately address our members’
Read moreAccording to the White House, former Senator Alan Simpson will remain on the job as co-chair of President Barack Obama’s debt commission despite Simpson’s offensive remark that Social Security is “like a milk cow with 310 million tits.” In an e-mail to Ashley Carson, Executive Director of the National Older Women’s League, the former Republican
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 last week to approve the “proxy access” rule, giving a boost to the shareholder rights movement and loosening the iron grip board chairmen have traditionally maintained over publicly-held corporations. Under the old rules, shareholders who wanted to nominate their own candidates for the board were required to
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