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Jobless Claims Surge, Spending Softens
Joanne Morrison for Reuters reports, "The number of workers filing new claims for jobless aid surged last week to the highest since October 2005, and consumer spending softened at the end of last year,... ...
Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions
In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to... ...
There's Only So Much "Stimulation" Nation's Workers Can Endure
Writing for The Seattle Times, David Sirota says, "Stimulus: You've probably heard this nebulous, scientific-sounding word this past week. Every politician suddenly wants economic 'stimulus,' and wants... ...
BT Allergy in North India Crying Out for Attention
ISIS Press Release 28/01/08 Dr. Sudhir Kumar Kaura’s impassioned plea As follow up to your articles More Illnesses Linked to Bt Crops, and Mass Deaths in Sheep Grazing on Bt Cotton (SiS 30) describing... ...
Stimulus Gone Bad
Paul Krugman writes for The New York Times: "House Democrats and the White House have reached an agreement on an economic stimulus plan. Unfortunately, the plan - which essentially consists of nothing... ...
Pentagon Won't Probe KBR Rape Charges
Justin Rood, reporting for ABC News, writes, "The Defense Department's top watchdog has declined to investigate allegations that an American woman working under an Army contract in Iraq was raped by her... ...
Beyond the Labor Board
In The Nation, Max Fraser says, "This past September, the National Labor Relations Board issued a startling sixty-one decisions in a legal blitzkrieg on working Americans. The NLRB has been led by a pro-business... ...
American Workers Are Laboring Longer Hours
Joe Napsha of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports: "Americans are putting in more hours at work, about 42.5 hours in 2006, compared to about 37.5 hours in 2003, according to time-use surveys by the federal... ...
Protection for Endangered Whistle-Blowers
In an editorial, The New York Times writes: "Congress is finally ready to stand up to the Bush administration and for those courageous federal workers who dare to reveal waste and abuse in government.... ...
Paul Krugman: State of the Unions
Paul Krugman writes for The New York Times, "Once upon a time, back when America had a strong middle class, it also had a strong union movement. These two facts were connected. Unions negotiated good wages... ...