Hey, Boss: Lose the Second Yacht
by Tula Connell, Mar 9, 2007
Why is Pace University making it so hard for Chris Williams to get a union contract?
This is a crosspost from The Bonddad Blog.
The U.S. House passed legislation last week that would level the playing field for employees trying to form a union—but judging by the […]
March 30, 2007
The battle to give workers greater freedom to decide whether to
join unions and bargain moves to the U.S. Senate, where Sen.
Edward Kennedy, plus 46 co-sponsors, introduced the Employee
Free Choice Act.
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these recent posts:
Fight for Employee Free Choice Act Moves to Senate
http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/03/29/fight-for-employee-free-choice-act-moves-to-senate/
Can’t […]
California Democrats Celebrate Cesar Chavez Day!
In 2000, then-Governor Gray Davis signed into law SB 984, which designated the March 31 birthday of Cesar Chavez as a state holiday, and “created the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning program to promote service to the communities of California in honor of the life and work of […]
Senator eyes another attorney departure
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-20-feinstein_N.htm?csp=34
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday she wants answers about the departure of the former U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, who resigned last October before the Justice Department’s dismissal of eight other U.S. attorneys sparked controversy.
“I have questions about Debra Yang’s departure and I can’t answer those […]
Dear Stephen, Just like President Bush approved a secret program to eavesdrop on Americans, Wal-Mart has hired a group of former CIA, FBI and Justice Department officials to spy on its employees and maybe others.
Please join us in calling on Congress to investigate the Wal-Mart spy scandal:
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/bigbrother
The Wal-Mart spy team, which Wal-Mart refers to as […]
Only Fair and Balanced Trade Is Free
Trade policies are finally starting to get serious consideration in Congress, and among Presidential candidates, for the first time since the 1993 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) debates. Trade policy, by our federal government in the past 14 years, has been a disaster for the […]
Bloggers and Other Writers Should Unionize
The benefits of unionization are frequent subjects for many Democratic, progressive and other reform-oriented Internet writers. Unfortunately, many of these writers are unaware that an excellent union is available for freelance writers like them to join. This union is the National Writers Union ( http://www.nwu.org ) which is Local 1981 […]
Why I Was Fired
By David C. Iglesias
The New York Times
Wednesday 21 March 2007
Albuquerque - With this week’s release of more than 3,000 Justice
Department e-mail messages about the dismissal of eight federal
prosecutors, it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters.
Of course, as one […]
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/19/carol-lam-white-house/
Was Carol Lam Targeting The White House Prior To Her Firing?
Referring to the Bush administration’s purge of former San Diego-based U.S.
attorney Carol Lam, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) questioned recently on the
Senate floor whether she was let go because she was “about to investigate
other people who were politically powerful.”
The media reports this morning that among Lam’s […]
Republican Political Mafia and Federal Law
There is nothing as corrupt as using the governmental powers of law enforcement, to selectively prosecute your political enemies and to cover-up criminal behavior by your political organization and allies, while in a position of political power. This situation is the essence of the current scandal concerning the firing of […]