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TVA Engineers Join IFPTE
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
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By a nearly 10-to-1 margin, members of the Tennessee Valley Authority Engineering Association ( EA ), employees at the nation’s largest public power supplier, voted to affiliate with the Professional and Technical Engineers union ( IFPTE ) today. The EA includes more than 2,600 scientists, engineers, technicians ...11 hours ago -
Sex Positions For The Solo • Study: French Women Do Get Fat [Leftovers]
Jezebel —
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• Since us single folk are missing out on all those hilariously uncomfortable-looking sex positions featured each month in Cosmo , heres a helpful chart of sex positions for the lonely . Were digging the Abe Lincoln. • • According to an independent group in Britain, the number of abortions performed on ...11 hours ago -
Video: Nick Gillespie On UPS-FedEx War
THE HOT JOINTS —
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He’s right about the government, but the other big lesson is that labor unions are bad for America. It’s time to crush big labor once and for all. (hat tip Big Government ) Related Posts Home Health Workers Continue Fight Against SEIU Video: 50 Cent Talks Investing On CNBC SEIU Thugs Cry Foul After ...13 hours ago -
Is ‘Deck’ Stacked Against Kenneth Gladney?
Bob McCarty Writes —
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Some believe the proverbial “deck” is stacked against Kenneth Gladney (right) receiving justice. And who could blame them.According to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research, 8,799 recorded incidents of union violence since 1975 have resulted in only 1,963 arrests and 258 convictions — roughly ...13 hours ago -
Using Unions As Weapons: UPS v. FedEx
Big Government —
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You may have heard the UPS is in quite the political fight with FEDEX. Though both are package-delivery companies, they’re governed by totally different federal labor rules. As a result, UPS’s workforce is much more heavily unionized than FEDEX’s-and more than twice as expensive. So now UPS is trying to ...14 hours ago -
Report: Face of Unions More Diverse
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
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The face of the union movement has changed dramatically over the past 25 years. In 1983, more than half of all union workers were white men, few union workers had a college degree and nearly one-third were in manufacturing. Today, almost half are women, more than one-third have college degrees and only one in 10 work ...14 hours ago -
Bronx Film Screening Fosters Nostalgia for the Coops
City Room —
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A screening of the new documentary "At Home in Utopia" inspired discussion about the United Workers Cooperative Colony, known as the Coops.18 hours ago -
Central American Labor Groups Share Challenges
Labor is Not a Commodity —
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Central American Labor Representatives Gather to Discuss Shared Challenges By Jeremy Silva , ILRF Intern Representatives from Central American labor and human rights organizations came to the U.S. on November 4th to testify in front of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Regional ...1 day ago -
Kenneth Gladney Beating Case Remains in Limbo
Bob McCarty Writes —
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On Aug. 6, the same day the White House told its supporters to “punch back twice as hard,” black conservative Kenneth Gladney (right) found himself at the receiving end of several of those punches. He was beaten by a group of thugs from the Service Employees International Union after they found him selling ...1 day ago -
SAG President Joins AFL-CIO Executive Council
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
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Ken Howard The AFL-CIO Executive Council today welcomed a new member, Ken Howard, president of the Screen Actors ( SAG ). Howard, who was elected to lead the actor’s union in September 2009, replaces former SAG President Alan Rosenberg. Convening for a one-day meeting in ...1 day ago -
Industrial Worker (IWW Newspaper) interviews Noam Chomsky
Dandelion Salad —
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Dandelion SaladChomskyanNovember 08, 2009The editor of the Industrial Worker, Diane Krauthamer, spoke to Noam Chomsky at his MIT office in Cambridge, MA, on October 9th, 2009.The Industrial Worker is the official newspaper of the IWW (the Industrial Workers of the World), a radical union.For more info, please ...2 days ago -
The National AFL-CIO Applauds the House Passage of a Landmark Health Care Reform Bill
The Political Bridge —
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says this bill is a big victory for working families: "...It is time to say “yes” to a more secure future for Americans—and that is how the majority in the House of Representatives answered. It is time to say “yes” to lowering health costs, breaking the stranglehold of the ...2 days ago -
WSJ Front Page: Grim Milestone as Jobless Rate Tops 10%
TitusOneNine —
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The unemployment rate last month soared above 10% for the first time since the early 1980s, a milestone likely to weigh on consumer confidence and stir new efforts in Washington to spur job creation. Some 558,000 people joined the ranks of the jobless in October, sending the rate to 10.2% and the tally of officially ...3 days ago -
Trade Unions
Win My Ex Back —
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Whether or not you must join a trade union the moment you start working is a very important decision. It’s one of the things that should be always taken seriously. Oftentimes, however, people feel as if they’re in a tug of war between their bosses and the trade unions. Companies are generally mistrustful of those ...4 days ago -
Obama Signs Unemployment Insurance Extension
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
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Long-term jobless workers finally have some relief, with President Barack Obama signing legislation today to provide up to 20 extra weeks of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for workers who exhaust their benefits before finding new work. The bill had been held up for almost six weeks as Senate Republicans ...4 days ago -
Innocent Bystanders: The Employment Picture and the Current Administration’s Stimulus Defense
TitusOneNine —
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The President and his economic team have claimed that the plan is working as intended , that they’re on track to save the original goal of 3.6 million jobs, but somehow, despite practically drowning in success, we’re going to have to live with high unemployment for years to come . Oh, and that everything ...4 days ago -
U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years
TitusOneNine —
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The American unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, its highest level in 26 years, as the economy lost another 190,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. The jump into the realm of double-digit joblessness — from 9.8 percent in September — provided a sobering reminder that, despite the ...4 days ago -
Palestinian Unionists Don’t Want a Boycott
Z-Word Blog —
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“The first thing to say is that Israel was not what I expected, at all. ” “There was a discussion about the boycott and it is clear that Palestinians don’t want it – all they want is equal pay and a living. ” Just a flavor of what you’ll read on this remarkable blog - [...]4 days ago -
U.S. Jobless Rate Shocking: 15.7 Million Workers Unemployed
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
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Stunningly bad news on the nation’s jobless rate today: Unemployment worsened in October to 10.2 percent, a huge jump from 9.8 percent in September. That’s 15.7 million jobless workers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . Worse, the unemployment and underemployment rate is a ...4 days ago -
Double-Digit Unemployment… Just How Lagging Is It?
24/7 Wall St. —
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The Labor Department has just reported the unemployment rate and non-farm payrolls data for October. It isn’t pretty. The unemployment rate screamed up into the double-digit territory to 10.2%. The non-Farm Payrolls shrank by a reading of -190,000 versus estimates of -175,000 as the consensus figure.There was ...4 days ago
