Taxed by the boss Reuters ...Across the United States more than 2,700 companies are collecting state income taxes from hundreds of thousands of workers – and are keeping the money with the states’ approval, says an eye-opening report published on Thursday...
China Takes Aim at the Profitable Heart of U.S. Manufacturing The Atlantic ...Heavy machinery and transportation equipment are at the heart of the U.S. industrial base.... along with food, chemicals, electronics, and metal products. These are businesses where labor is a relatively small part of the overall cost of making the product, and where America's technologically advanced factories have traditionally given us an edge. If they founder, there's not much left to replace them...
Colombia-US FTA will halt labor rights progress: WOLA Colombia Report ...U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce that Colombia has met the labor rights conditions required for final approval of the FTA at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, despite ongoing violence against unionists in the country. Since January 2012, four union members have been killed across the country, while dozens were murdered in 2011- Colombian unions say 51, the government says 30...
EXCLUSIVE: Shareholders Call On Companies To Disclose ALEC Ties ThinkProgress ...At the UPS annual meeting on May 3, in Wilmington, DE, shareholders will vote on a proposal calling on the board to “authorize the preparation of a report, updated annually” disclosing the companies legislative and lobbying activities...
Rick Scott Vetoes Bill Sending Non-Violent Drug Offenders To Rehab After Serving Half Sentence In Jail Huffington Post ...Sold on (the) argument that the state would save money by getting potential re-offenders the help they need for addiction, lawmakers including typically tough-on-crime conservatives overwhelmingly sped the bill through the House 112-4 and the Senate 40...
Overwhelming vote forces Toll to deal with Teamsters Supply Chain Review ...A group of Toll’s US-based truck drivers propelled by union and community support has won its fight to have the International Brotherhood of Teamsters bargain on its behalf...
