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• Obama Administration Hits Brakes on Project Labor Agreement

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 665
  The Obama administration this week called off bidding on what would have been a union-friendly federal construction project bidding process, in response to a contractor complaint over its inclusion of a project labor agreement (PLA), which would disadvantage nonunion contractors, reports The Washington Times ...
  3 days ago

• High labor costs chase medical trade show out of Chicago

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 550
  And when I say "high labor costs," Im talking about union labor costs. And the Chicago Tribune certainly knows better, and its ridiculous that they omit that from their report. A premier medical trade show is dropping Chicago for its 2012 gathering and heading to Las Vegas instead, citing the high cost of labor ...
  4 days ago

• Marathon Pundit on CBS 2 Chicago

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 550
  Yes, it was great to see myself on television last night, especially a major network owned and operated station, CBS 2 Chicago. The reporter, Jay Levine, and his staff were great. There is no video online yet, but heres a written version of the report: Because thats the perception out there when it comes to ...
  4 days ago

• Survey Finds Deep Shift in the Makeup of Unions

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Union workers at a rally in Hamtramck, Mich. Women will represent more than half of all union members in the next decade.
  4 days ago

• Tips for Cooks and Waiters

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Victor Brown demonstrates serving from the right.
  5 days ago

• Tonight: Marathon Pundit on CBS 2 Chicago

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 550
  Tune in to CBS 2 Chicago tonight if you are anywhere near the city. Jay Levine just got done interviewing me about unions and Chicago trade shows. The segment will appear at 10pm local time. Technorati tags: labor politics unions news organized labor Illinois chicago jobs business ...
  5 days ago

• Bing, unions refuse to budge as Friday layoff deadline looms

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  Dave Bing DETROIT — Having secured another four years in office with an election victory Tuesday night, Mayor Dave Bing is continuing with business. One of the mayor’s pressing concerns is getting municipal unions to concede to major cuts to pay and benefits, something that has challenged the mayor since he ...
  1 week ago

• Resignations Point to New Woes for Players Union

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Paul Kelly was ousted as chief of the N.H.L. players union in August.
  1 week ago

• Resignations Point to New Woes for Players Union

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Paul Kelly was ousted as chief of the N.H.L. players union in August.
  1 week ago

• Unions, card check, biggest losers on Election Day

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 550
  The Democrats were big losers on Election Day. But the biggest of all? Michael Barone explains in the Wall Street Journal: But you missed seeing the guy who may have been the biggest loser of all—a man who according to recently released White House logs has been a guest in the White House 22 times since Barack ...
  1 week ago

• Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

  
  On the Job by Anita Bruzzese — Authority: 107
  My Dad was a blue-collar worker. His favorite job was working on the railroad, but the only job I really remember him having was at an oil refinery in Oklahoma. It was a dangerous, dirty job, but he never complained. He worked at that oil refinery for several decades, until one day they closed it and laid off more ...
  1 week ago

• Agency that run Chicagos convention centers "in deep financial hole"

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 550
  Two afternoons ago I wrote that another major trade show was considering abandoning Chicago for a cheaper place to do business. Arcane and onerous union work rules are a large part of the reason the Plastics Show may mold itself a new home in Orlando. From the Chicago Tribune: The agency that runs McCormick ...
  1 week ago

• Proposal Aims to Ease Unionizing at Airlines and Railroads

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  An altered rule would recognize a union if a majority of those voting favored organizing rather than a majority of an entire work group.
  1 week ago

• Union extortionists may drive another trade show from Chicago

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 550
  Well, its sundown on the union And whats made in the U.S.A. Sure was a good idea Til greed got in the way. Bob Dylan, "Union Sundown," 1983. Chicago once was the trade show capital of America, no city came even close. According to Tradeshow Week, its now in third place, trailing Orlando and Las Vegas. There ...
  2 weeks ago

• Transit Talks Continuing in Philadelphia

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  A union deadline for a transit strike that could disrupt bus and subway services during the World Series was moved to Saturday evening.
  2 weeks ago

• Ford’s Plan to Cut Costs Falls Short in Union Vote

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Changes to the workers’ contract that would have allowed cuts appeared headed for certain defeat.
  2 weeks ago

• With Teachers’ Contract Set to End, Talks Are Quiet

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Observers of the negotiations do not expect to see any agreement before Election Day, and few expect radical changes in how instructors are employed and paid.
  2 weeks ago

• At hearing, Detroit city attorney says AFSCME contract grievance will go foward

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  DETROIT — At Wednesday’s hearing before Wayne County Judge Amy Hathaway , AFSCME Council 25 attorney Herbert Sanders squared off against Detroit city attorney Valerie Colbert-Osamuede. While Sanders charged that the city’s decision to terminate more than a dozen of AFSCME’s current collective bargaining ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another front opens in Bing’s battle with AFSCME

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  DETROIT — Mayor Dave Bing’s relationship with the leaders of the city’s most powerful union seems like it’s getting more conflict-ridden day after day. Wayne County Judge Amy Hathaway listens to AFSCME attorney Herbert Sanders, left, and city attorney Valerie Colbert-Osamuede. (Photo by David Alire ...
  2 weeks ago

• Video Explains Why Conservatives Back Hoffman

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 544
  While making a guest appearance this morning on The Diane Jones Show , a talk radio program that airs on KLPW-AM 1220 in the St. Louis area, I was asked to discuss the heated special election race in New York’s 23rd Congressional District.  Rather than rehash all of the reasons why I, unlike Newt Gingrich, am ...
  2 weeks ago

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