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Original Technorati articles tagged “labor”

• in Sports
  From a Fan to NBA Players: Just Take the Darn Offer
  NBA Players Take the Offer!
  by abi3L / on Nov 15, 2011
• in Business
  Walmart Can Afford to Pay its Workers $12 Per Hour, Study Finds
  A small shift in wages at Walmart could have a significant effect on economic recovery
  by odanu / on Apr 19, 2011
• in Business
  Labor Unions Ruin Small Businesses
  People are beginning to fight against unions across the United States. This article will answer why.
  by envend / on Apr 7, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “labor”

 

• Federal Workers Earning More Than Those Paying Their Salaries

  
  RedState — Authority: 769
  Remember Obama’s two-year salary freeze he imposed on federal workers?  Well, as part of his FY 2013 budget, Obama plans to end the pay freeze and offer salary increases to federal workers.  It is in this context that CBO published a report showing that federal workers still earn more than their counterparts in ...
  10 hours ago

• The Tea Party Plan to Save Scott Walker

  
  MoJo Articles — Authority: 738
  As soon as April, millions of Wisconsinites will vote on whether to oust Gov. Scott Walker —a rising Republican star and arguably the most polarizing governor in politics today—just two years into his first term in office. Walkers recall election is a referendum on his hard-line conservative agenda, including ...
  11 hours ago

• NYK International v. NLRC

  
  Scribbles of a Lunatic Mind — Authority: 113
  Facts:  On February 8, 1995, herein petitioner NYK hired respondent Virginia Publico as a sewer. Under the terms and conditions of her employment, Publico was paid on a piece-rate basis, but required to work from 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 midnight. On the average, she earned P185.00 daily. At about 10:00 P.M. of May 7, ...
  11 hours ago

• Rajoy expecting strikes over labor reforms

  
  Everything Real-Estate in Marbella — Authority: 115
  Expecting strikes The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has told European partners he believe’s labor reforms, to be adopted in mid-February, will likely cause strikes. “The labor reforms will cost me a strike,” Rajoy whispered to Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, apparently unaware that the cameras ...
  12 hours ago

• TS-Associates Announces Ultra High Bandwidth TipOff Appliances

  
  High-Frequency Traders — Authority: 110
  TS-Associates, leaders in Precision Instrumentation of electronic trading systems, and developers of TipOff® and Application Tap®, today announced the availability of ultra high bandwidth TipOff appliances supporting 12x1GE, 8x10GE and 2x40GE capture ports, all in a 2U form factor. read more
  12 hours ago

• Europe’s Youth Unemployment Problem Seen from the U.S.

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 639
  EU leaders want to put aside as much as 22 billion euro to stimulate youth employment in the region. The sum is not likely to be enough because more than 5 million young people in the region who want jobs do not have them. In some nations, particularly Spain, about half of the people between 16 [...] [[ This is a ...
  1 day ago

• Cuban national security

  
  C U B A P O L I D A T A — Authority: 104
  The State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs issued its Background Notes for Cuba in late 2011. An assessment on Cuba’s national security follows: With the loss of Soviet-era subsidies in the early 1990s, Cuba’s armed forces have shrunk considerably, both in terms of numbers and assets. Combined ...
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• Maternity Childrens Hospital vs. Secretary of Labor, 174 SCRA 632

  
  Scribbles of a Lunatic Mind — Authority: 113
  Facts: The petitioner is a semi-government hospital, managed by the Board of Directors of the Cagayan de Oro Womens Club and Puericulture Center, headed by Mrs. Antera Dorado, as holdover President. The hospital derives its finances from the club itself as well as from paying patients, averaging 130 per month. It is ...
  1 day ago

• The “New” Apple Labor Scandal. Let the Hand Wringing Begin.

  
  China Hearsay — Authority: 462
  Notice my use of sneer quotes (proper double ones — suck on that, AP) to suggest that this latest Apple scandal involving labor conditions in supplier factories is not at all news. Nevertheless, you might have noticed a wave of commentary over the past week or so devoted to Apple and its behemoth supplier Foxconn, ...
  1 day ago

• Will Walmart help India or destroy it?

  
  Motley News — Authority: 471
  Millions of shop owners in India are fighting for their survival, as the threat of Wal-Mart knocks at the door. While entry for international supermarket giants has been shelved for now, there are those who argue the move would be good for consumers and employment. To put it very simply, I hate Wal-Mart. This big [...]
  2 days ago

• ‘Downsized’: The Song

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 599
    From Union Communications Services : Joe Glazer, known by many as labor’s troubadour, had for more than 50 years used his voice and guitar to rally supporters to the union cause, including for this timely tune, “Downsized .” Before his death in 2006, he had performed in a hundred union halls, on ...
  2 days ago

• 940 - experience rate

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 119
  Check with your state Department of Labor. Unemployment taxes in many states vary based upon the employers experience rate. For example, in Montana, an employer pays  a total unemployment tax equal to 0.13% to 0.18% of total taxable wages paid to employees. The percentage for your company is based upon a number of ...
  2 days ago

• Sunday Reads: Occupy Superbowl, Alveda King throws women under bus, and the big homeless

  
  Sky Dancing Blog — Authority: 562
  Vintage ad for a Sunday Drive... It is Sunday Morning… All day yesterday, I kept thinking it was a Friday. It is strange how days have a certain “feel” about them… If you missed any of yesterday’s posts, Wonk the Vote and PeggySue and Dakinikat and  BostonBoomer had some excellent post, take a ...
  2 days ago

• Rockford teachers union rejects contract offer

  
  Capital Land — Authority: 144
  The Associated Press The Associated Press ROCKFORD, Ill. Rockfords teachers union has voted overwhelmingly to reject the districts most recent ...
  2 days ago

• Detroit, unions approaching concessions deadline

  
  Capital Land — Authority: 144
  COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT City officials continue to negotiate with Detroits 21 unions and 48 bargaining units with time running out ...
  2 days ago

• Paid Meal Breaks

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 119
  You are very welcome! Please know that we are here to answer all your HR questions!The answer to this question would be different in any other state. However, California is a unique situation. As you probably know, California requires that you give meal breaks to employees, with very few exceptions. Exempt as well as ...
  3 days ago

• How long will the car have to stay at the Los Angeles Auto Repair and how will the client know that it’s done?

  
  savonaville.com — Authority: 115
  The shop will be truly happy to inform the car owner if the service or the repair in their car is done already. How long the car will stay with the shop will be truly tough to determine, because that will rely on the degree of the service or repairs needed.  Los Angeles Auto Repair will keep the owner updated and ...
  3 days ago

• NYT reposts Foxconn story in China, to different reaction

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 139
  NYT reposts Foxconn story in China, to different reaction An AppleInsider report by Daniel Dilger provides some illuminating insight on the recent New York Times article criticizing Apple and Foxconn and the labor practices they and the rest of the electronics industry pursue to keep innovation high and prices low. ...
  3 days ago

• A La Carte (1/27)

  
  Challies Dot Com — Authority: 641
  Post-Prayer Whispers - David Murray lists some of the little whispers you can hear after you pray. “Anyone else get that? It’s so discouraging, isn’t it. I mean, why pray if all you get at the end of it is an even heavier feeling of guilt and failure? Prayer should be a delight not a dread.” Black and ...
  4 days ago

• Questions to Ask Your Mother (or Father) Before It Is Too Late

  
  List Producer — Authority: 107
  Pretty much without fail — I call my mother every single day. I love checking in and seeing how her day was and filling her in on mine.  I realize not everyone does this — but I love the relationship I have with my mom.  If it’s one hour or one minute — we always [...]
  4 days ago

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