Indiana NFL players lobby against right-to-work Sports Illustrated ...Quarterbacks Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears and Rex Grossman of the Washington Redskins are among six NFL players urging Indiana lawmakers to oppose right-to-work legislation...
Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor Pew Research Center ...A new Pew Research Center survey of 2,048 adults finds that about two-thirds of the public (66%) believes there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor—an increase of 19 percentage points since 2009...
Chart of the Day: Greek workers work 48% more hours than Germans Credit Writedowns ...The conventional narrative about the European debt crisis largely accepts the contention that the periphery of Europe have different work habits and these account to a large extent the economic and financial problems...
Credit Card Firms: They Don't Just Steal From Cardholders Rolling Stone ...the credit-card companies invoked arcane provisions of operating contracts with the merchant, and unilaterally "fined" the restaurant for enormous sums of money without proving any of the charges. Some of that money was actually debited from the merchants' account before they managed to close it...
Gov. Walker Accused Of Over 1,000 Violations Of Campaign Finance Law, Could Face $557,500 Fine ThinkProgress ...Wisconsin law requires gubernatorial campaigns to disclose information about contributors who give more than $100. Again and again, Walker appears to have skirted that requirement...
Teamsters expand pipeline strike to California Central Valley Business Times ...The Teamsters Union says its members who are pipeline construction workers in California went on strike Wednesday, protesting what the unin calls an attack on retirement benefits...
