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• Train drivers to vote on strike action in pay row

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Train drivers on some of the countrys busiest rail routes are to be balloted on strikes in a row over pay. Aslef said its members at First Capital Connect (FCC) would vote in the next few weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action over a two-year pay offer. The ballot will close on 9 December and the ...
  7 hours ago

• Video: UPS vs. FedEx

  
  theblogprof — Authority: 672
  From Reason TV via Instapundit : I have a better idea. How about taking the clamps off of UPS to be more like FedEx? Of course, no can do from Democrats that get their campaign coffers filled via union dues.Imagine the stimulus! No mention in the video of teh post office, which is government-run and bankrupt. ...
  7 hours ago

• >>Report: 10 states that account for more than one-third of America’s population and economic output face looming budget disasters – Yahoo! News

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 441
  Report: 10 states face looming budget disasters – Yahoo! News Not much to say here as the writing is as they say “on the wall”.  The 10 states that together are our most populous and therefore have the most to lose in a down turn as far as jobs and productivity are concerned now find themselves on the ...
  8 hours ago

• Unite union targets Lloyds Banking Group staff

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Union attacks impossible sales targets and bonus-related pay Finance union Unite will tomorrow embark upon a major recruitment drive at Lloyds Banking Group by launching a campaign about the "unachievable" sales targets set by the bank which is 43%-owned by the taxpayer. The union is also calling on all banks to ...
  8 hours ago

• Wages fall, except for union members

  
  The Standard — Authority: 597
  The Labour Cost Index tells us that most workers this year failed to get pay rises to match inflation in the past year. 52% got no increase. 4% got less than inflation (2%, represented by the green line on the graph). 1% even got pay cuts. That’s a dramatic change on a year ago. Well, so what, eh? I can ...
  8 hours ago

• Noam Chomsky & the Workers Solidarity Movement discuss politics over breakfast

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 548
  An audio plus 2 videos. "During Noam Chomsky’s recent visit to Ireland five members of the Workers Solidarity Movement met him over breakfast to talk over a range of issues from Palestine to the capitalist crisis to social partnership to Iran to Obama and the US Labour Movement. ... The notes below are a very rough ...
  9 hours ago

• Credit Union Credit Cards Vs. Bank Credit Cards

  
  Reed's Bankruptcy Blog — Authority: 140
  According to an article in Forbes, as study conducted by the Pew Charitable Trust found that credit cards offered by credit unions may offer lower rates and cheaper fees than their bank issued counterparts.The article said:“The study found that the median advertised interest rates for credit cards issued by the ...
  10 hours ago

• Union Members Getting More Educated

  
  Economix — Authority: 736
  Unions represent more people with more formal education today than they did 26 years ago, according to a new report.
  10 hours ago

• Australia: ACT Passes Civil Unions Bill for Gay/Lesbian Couples

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  The Australian Capital Territory has become the first region in Australia to legalise civil partnership ceremonies for same-sex couples.  Under the new laws, gay couples will be able to hold a legally recognised civil union ceremony in front of friends and family in the territory, which is home to the capital ...
  11 hours ago

• How to kill FedEx jobs

  
  The Union News. — Authority: 509
  Why not use legislation to win what you cant in the marketplace?
  12 hours ago

• RivPE: Riverside County furlough savings falling short

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 519
  10:44 PM PST on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By DUANE W. GANG The Press-Enterprise Riverside County’s furlough effort has not saved as much money as first hoped and has created problems in departments providing around-the-clock services. Now, supervisors have asked county officials to reopen talks with labor unions ...
  12 hours ago

• Labor Shorts

  
  The Union News. — Authority: 509
  A weekly-ish advisory from: LaborUnionReport.com• Proud Propagandists: SEIU Leaked Memo Exposes Union Propaganda Techniques Used For Union Bailout Bill• Angry in Arizona. As a strike deadline nears, UFCW-represented grocery workers in Arizona are upset with their union and picketed the UFCW offices in ...
  15 hours ago

• SEIU Union Thugs At it Again!

  
  King's Right Site — Authority: 135
  From Breitbart
  16 hours ago

• "State Democrats facing revolt by labor"

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 441
  Andrew Garber (Seattle Times): State Democratic lawmakers have a revolt on their hands among major labor groups that provide the party crucial support during elections.--State Democratic lawmakers have a revolt on their hands among major labor groups that provide the party crucial support during elections. The ...
  16 hours ago

• The enemies of the next Conservative government

  
  thetorydiary — Authority: 685
  The last 48 hours and the row over Gordon Browns letter to Jacqui Janes have been further proof - if such proof was needed - that we live in a very hostile and unforgiving time. One of the greatest challenges David Cameron will face if he becomes Prime Minister is the management of this ungenerous and fast-moving ...
  18 hours ago

• No to Gay Marriage in Maine, Yes to Domestic Partners in Washington State

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 780
  Last week, the results of two votes on gay marriage painted a clear picture of the current mood on the topic.
  19 hours ago

• Gay unions to be legal in the ACT

  
  The RiotACT — Authority: 147
  New.com.au is running this story on the passing of the Civil Unions bill in the ACT.Should be passed later today. Let’s hope so and let’s hope that the Federal Government doesn’t use it’s powers to overturn it this time. The bill passed just after lunchtime. So, let’s wait and see what the Feds do!
  19 hours ago

• National Briefing | Science and Health: A.M.A. Backs Gay-Rights Issues

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The American Medical Association voted to oppose the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and declared that same-sex marriage bans contribute to health disparities.
  23 hours ago

• How Brown Wants to Screw You

  
  Baltimore Reporter — Authority: 143
  From Red Maryland Perhaps the best explication of how rent-seeking corporations use government regulation to stifle competition.
  23 hours ago

• reading for 16th november london trade union discussion group

  
  the commune — Authority: 474
  The next of The Commune’s London reading groups takes place from 7pm on Monday 16th November at the Artillery Arms, 102 Bunhill Row, near Old Street. The meeting is on the question of trade union democracy. The questions around which the discussion is based, and recommended reading material, are posted below. ...
  1 day ago

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