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April 19, 2007 In 2003, under the guise of national security, Congress granted the Department of Defense (DoD) the authority to establish a new human resources system and to modify certain labor relations provisions under what was called the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). When then-Defense Secretary Rumsfeld appeared before Congress, he stressed the need
Read moreApril 18, 2007 – Many analysts point to manufacturing as a cornerstone of the American middle class. But in recent years, that’s started to change and many in the field warn this could be devastating for the nation’s future. Watch Video: American Manufacturing: Flourishing or Floundering?
Read moreApril 17, 2007 – Sen. Sherrod Brown introduced legislation last week aimed at strengthening the federal Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP). The Growth Opportunity Bill (GO Bill) would add a low-interest loan program to the MEP, a program aimed at assisting small manufacturing companies. According to analysis by the Senator’s office, Ohio has lost 185,000 manufacturing
Read moreThe administration’s scheme to privatize social security may be dead, but the wholesale privatization of government work continues. The effects of this so-called A-76 competitive sourcing program at Walter Reed are well known. In the Forest Service, it is destroying the agency’s ability to fulfill its mission, including its key homeland security responsibility to provide
Read moreApril 11, 2007 – Maryland yesterday became the first state to pass a living wage bill, providing many workers in the state a much needed raise. The measure, which the MD Senate passed by a vote of 31-16, will require service contractors doing business with the state to pay employees $11.30 an hour in urban
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