The Private Prison Industry: Resistance Isn't Futile Huffington Post ...The private prison industry is on the march. In recent months the industry moved to take over 24 state prisons in southern Florida and buy five prisons in Ohio. Now it's making moves in Michigan. But the industry doesn't always win...
Whistleblower Gets Sham Justice From Wall Street Court Bloomberg ...mandatory arbitration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority may be the single largest ongoing abdication of legal rights -- affecting millions of people -- that exists in this country...
Nixon vetoes workplace bills St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...One bill would narrow the state’s employment discrimination law, and the other would push occupational disease claims to the workers' compensation program...
New York Lawmakers Vote to Limit Public Pensions New York Times ...Lawmakers on Thursday morning approved a hard-fought measure to cut the retirement benefits for future public employees in New York City and across the state, dealing a defeat to labor unions at the end of a dramatic all-night session...
RI coalition seeks tax hike on wealthiest earners Turn to 10 ...A coalition of organized labor and advocates for the disabled and the homeless in Rhode Island rallied at the State House on Tuesday, asking state lawmakers to raise taxes on wealthy residents to prevent further budget cuts...
UPS to Purchase TNT Express for $6.8 Billion Bloomberg ...United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) raised its offer for TNT Express NV (TNTE) by 5.6 percent to 5.16 billion euros ($6.8 billion) to secure the biggest deal in the U.S. company’s 105-year history and challenge Deutsche Post (DPW) AG...
