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Monthly Archives: July 2010
WV: Manchin announces he will run for US Senate
Gov. Joe Manchin made it official Tuesday he’s running for the U.S. Senate, but chances that Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will take him on appear to be diminishing.
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WSJ: Labor Pushes Warren to Head Consumer Agency
Organized labor has jumped into the fight over who should head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that’s part of the financial overhaul. It’s calling on President Barack Obama to pick Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren.
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The SEIU’s Friendly Inquisitor
Carole Jean Badertscher was a California nurse who just wanted to go to work and take care of her patients — but the SEIU was determined not to let that happen. The union’s contract with Badertscher’s employer, the Pomona Valley … Continue reading
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Democrats’ ‘culture of uncertainty’
NH Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte writes that Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH02) “continues to push the “card check” bill that would end workers’ rights to a secret ballot in union organizing. And he even backs Obama Administration labor rules that resulted … Continue reading
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Union Shops Driving Down Job Growth, Critics Warn
The White House and congressional Democrats have made several moves to promote the interests of labor unions, but the efforts may result in fewer jobs available to workers, say critics who argue that unions restrict competition by raising wages and … Continue reading
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In the Tank for Big Labor
Labor union membership has declined dramatically in the past six decades, from over a third of the workforce in 1945 to just 7.2 percent of private sector employees in 2009; unions are now overwhelmingly concentrated in the public sector.
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Bill to ease union expansion remains dormant
A bill that could make it easier for unions to expand their reach is dormant in Congress as legislative battles and an upcoming election fight have pushed other priorities to the top of the heap.
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