Unions

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• Wages fall….except for union members

  
  ...the gossip — Authority: 120
  In the past year, union members have achieved pay increases above the rate of inflation while non-unionised workers have seen their pay drop in real terms according to new statistics. Labour Cost Index statistics show that the majority of workers (52%) got no increase, however it was almost entirely non-unionised ...
  2 hours ago

• British Airways cabin crew begin strike ballot vote

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Industrial action would ground the airlines fleet over the Christmas period British Airways cabin crew will start the countdown towards a Christmas walkout tomorrow as voting begins on a strike ballot. The Unite trade union has predicted a "resounding" yes from more than 12,000 air stewards and stewardesses in a ...
  3 hours ago

• 2.10% 12-Month CD & 2.50% 25-Month CD at Workers Credit Union in MA & NH - Local Only

  
  Bank Deals - Best Rates and Deals — Authority: 441
  Workers Credit Union continues to offer three competitive CD and IRA CD specials: a 1.60% APY 4-month CD, a 2.10% APY 12-month CD and a 2.50% APY 25-month CD. Minimum deposit is $500 ($1,000 for the IRA). These specials are listed in the credit unions deposit rates page as of 11/15/09.These promotional CDs are very ...
  5 hours ago

• 3.50% Reward Checking Account at MAC FCU in Alaska - Local Only

  
  Bank Deals - Best Rates and Deals — Authority: 441
  MAC Federal Credit Union is offering a high-yield reward checking account called e-checking. The account offers the following rates and features if certain monthly requirements are met:3.50% APY on balances up to $10,0000.50% on portion of balance above $10,0000.15% base rate if requirements are not metThe monthly ...
  5 hours ago

• Big Labor and Big Government Are Officially the Same Thing. Unions own the government and control your taxes!

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 440
  Big Labor and Big Government Are Officially the Same Thing » The Foundry We Americans seem have so many things to fear today that are overwhelming our way of life.  However in reality these “issues” “organizations” “actions” are all one and all have the same goal:  Marxism!  The most egregiously ...
  5 hours ago

• tribute to ernesto leal… and more attacks on latino workers by unite bureaucrats

  
  the commune — Authority: 476
  collaboratively produced by members of the Latin American Workers’ Association ( leerlo en castellano ) October was a sad month for Latin American workers residing in London, for two reasons. First came the death of Ernesto Leal, a Chilean committed to the cause of migrant workers, who was a founding member of the ...
  5 hours ago

• iePolitics Commentary: Lawyers – Part 1

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 520
  Lawyers, you either love them or hate them in my opinion. This thread is my perspective and opinion on what to look for in a lawyer who might represent you in a legal matter. I have dealt with more than a few over the years, and many are hard working, like any other professional. Those that concern me are the ...
  7 hours ago

• A halfway decent idea from the TUC

  
  Mark Wadsworth — Authority: 144
  From The Observer : Alistair Darling should levy a £5bn "empty property tax" on up to a million homes left vacant by absentee landlords, to help meet the costs of the financial crisis, trades unions will argue tomorrow. The TUC wants the chancellor to charge five times the usual council tax – an average of ...
  8 hours ago

• SEIU Beating Up Congress For Better "Health"

  
  Invincible Armor — Authority: 431
  We are privileged to be entertained by ads on television asking people to call Rep. Pat Tiberi and ask him why he wants people to die. The voice over is joined with cute, heart-wrenching and homey pictures of kids and the elderly that just make you want to run out and slap Tiberi for not supporting socialized ...
  8 hours ago

• Union Retirees Celebrate Labor History in New Play

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 650
        In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, two Missouri union retirees are stepping back into history to look at the lessons of the Great Depression in a new play. This weekend and next weekend, “ 1937! One Hell of a Year ” is playing at the Just Off Broadway Theatre in Kansas ...
  9 hours ago

• Socialism 2009 – what future for the Left?

  
  Though Cowards Flinch — Authority: 532
  For session 2 of last Sunday’s Socialism 2009 conference, organised by the Socialist Party, I decided to attend probably the most prominent debate of the event, the discussion around a new workers’ party and what way forward for the Left. Taking place between 1pm and 3pm, the debate was well attended, in the ...
  11 hours ago

• iePolitics: Honesty and Integrity

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 520
  Looking at the recent information that has come to light involving our District Attorney, it is rather clear, the evidence is in, he has been less than honest regarding his affairs and his own Fair Political Practices Commission issues. It is now hard to argue that all of Ramos’s rhetoric about the rumors and ...
  21 hours ago

• STOP THE POWER GRAB BY OBAMA!

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 541
  From the Desk of: Steve Elliott , President, Grassfire.org Alliance Fellow Conservatives, Grassfire has just learned that unprecedented power will be awarded to the president in a climate “carbon level” emergency! Such a move could potentially shut down American businesses and cost untold numbers of jobs ...
  21 hours ago

• STOP THE SPENDING…STOP IT NOW!

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 541
  Don’t Let Obama Sneak Through the Next Big Government Bailout   Hello Fellow Conservatives, You know the list. First, there was the mortgage bailout that rewarded reckless borrowers and high-flying lenders who made bad decisions when the market was booming… Then taxpayers had to endure the TARP ...
  21 hours ago

• Sri Lanka may face fuel shortage as strike continues

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka may face fuel shortages in the coming days as the petroleum sector trade unions vowed to continue their strike after politicians threatened to take action against the protesting employees.Asoka Ranwala of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said Saturday the strike will continue ...
  23 hours ago

• Detroit Union Wants Mayor David Bing JAILED For Not Collecting Union Dues For Them

  
  theblogprof — Authority: 669
  As I have mentioned several times before, one thing could be done very simply to make America a better place. Just one: no withholdings of any kind from paychecks. None. No income tax withholding, federal or state. No withholding for social security or medicare (Who is FICA and why is he getting all my money?). And ...
  23 hours ago

• Forestry pay talks stumble

  
  The Border Watch — Authority: 145
  More than 100 Mount Gambier workers could be involved in industrial action after a breakdown in talks between ForestrySA and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. CFMEU South East organiser Travis Lawson has written to the head of the forestry corporation stating he is breaking away from enterprise ...
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• A Sapphic Victory, but Pyrrhic

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  COMFORT LEVEL Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are brides, and possibly bellwethers.
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• Yet Another Example Of Why Unions Are Bad

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 441
  And of Democrats and their supporters trying to screw over our businesses . Rather than compete, they only want to punish the rest of the field until they win. Posted in Labor Tagged: Democrats, FedEx, Unions, UPS
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• Well, But It’s Never Evil And Greedy When They Do It Themselves

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 441
  The NY Times is replacing 28 New York union workers with cheaper, non-union labor in Florida . Posted in Hypocrisy Tagged: Labor, The New York Times, Unions
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