Senators Who Voted To Protect Oil Tax Breaks Received $23,582,500 From Big Oil ThinkProgress ...In a 51-47 vote, 43 Senate Republicans and four Democrats filibustered to protect $24 billion in tax breaks for Big Oil. Although a majority voted for Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) bill, it fell short of the 60 needed...
Public Citizen Condemns WTO Attack on U.S. Efforts to Reduce Teen Smoking Public Citizen ...The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) final ruling today against U.S. efforts to reduce teen smoking shows that our current trade regime is simply incompatible with basic public health regulation. ... the WTO ... has now ordered the U.S. to water down or get rid of a key plank of its ... act (that) banned sale of candy and other sweet-flavored cigarettes used to attract children to smoking...
Good Guys Win One: With ALEC, Things Go Better Without Coke Huffington Post ...After being pressured by Color of Change and other progressive groups, Coca-Cola has left ALEC -- the cynical corporate coalition that has pushed a bevy of anti-democratic, anti-middle class, and anti-consumer initiatives. Now that Coke's come around, next up is Walmart...
Scott Walker and the most polarized state in the country Washington Post ...Exit polling from Wisconsin’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday night makes one thing very clear: The Badger State has the most polarized electorate in the country. The source of that polarization? Republican Gov. Scott Walker...
AT&T workers in five states authorize strike Business First ...Members of the Communications Workers of America who are part of AT&T Midwest voted Tuesday to authorize union leaders to call a strike if they cannot reach an agreement for a new labor contract, the union reported Tuesday...
Creditors Say Hostess Pay Is Questionable Wall Street Journal ...Creditors of Hostess Brands Inc. said in court papers the company may have "manipulated" its executives' salaries higher in the months leading up to its Chapter 11 filing, in what the creditors called a possible effort by Hostess to "sidestep" Bankruptcy Code compensation provisions...
Teamsters March on Offices of Westbury Partners and US Small Business Administration readmedia ...Dozens of Teamsters marched on the Long Island offices of private equity firm Westbury Partners and the US Small Business Administration to demand that Westbury comply with a recent judge's ruling to reinstate workers illegally fired for union activity at Westbury's subsidiary AFL Web Printing...
