Indiana’s Last ‘Right-To-Work’ Law Failed So Badly It Was Repealed Eight Years Later ThinkProgress ...Indiana Republicans passed a similar right-to-work law in 1957 over the objections of Democrats, labor leaders, and workers, and the law proved so unpopular that it lasted only eight years...
Prison privatization plan may be crumbling in Florida Senate Orlando Sentinel ...The plan – scheduled to be debated on the Senate floor Wednesday – was abruptly yanked off the calendar by Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, amid reports that as many as 20 Republicans and Democrats were prepared to kill it...
Teamsters, safety advocates oppose higher truck weight limit bill Detroit News ...Teamsters President Jim Hoffa ... called it a "recipe for danger and disaster. This legislation is a reckless giveaway to the trucking industry, and corporate greed is at the wheel. The driving public absolutely does not support these radical changes that will endanger our highways. This overhaul will not create jobs. It will damage our roads and bridges, costing taxpayers. It will put lives at risk...."
Apple's Ethical Blindness Selects for Criminal Suppliers in Fraud-Friendly Nations Huffington Post ...Apple's suppliers' often seek managers willing to order their workers to exceed the lawful workweek, to refuse to pay them for significant portions of the wages they have earned, to unlawfully employ child labor, and even to coerce abortions. American managers are often unreliable in terms of their willingness to engage in these forms of illegality...
US unemployment “progress” FT Alphaville ...“if the same number of people were seeking work today as in 2007, the jobless rate would be 11 per cent”...
Teamsters, Nichols to resume talks Saturday as Iowa strike continues Platts.com ...Contract talks are scheduled to resume Saturday between Teamsters Local 371 and Nichols Aluminum in an attempt to end a strike that began January 20 at the company's casting and coil-coating plants in Davenport, Iowa. Local 371 President Howard Spoon said Wednesday it will be their first face-to-face meeting since more than 200 hourly workers launched the first strike at the Davenport plants since 1965...
