Can U.S. soldiers wear made-in-USA uniforms? manufacture this ...A bipartisan group of 52 Members of Congress have signed a letter to the Pentagon, requesting that the U.S. military issue uniforms made in America, not China...According to the letter, the Department of Defense has recently "started circumventing this policy by issuing cash allowances for soldiers to purchase their own training shoes..."
Let’s Jump off the Fiscal Cliff! Slate ...Powerful actors, including the executives of America’s largest banks, are deliberately trying to befuddle Americans about this issue. Their aim isn’t to advance the cause of fiscal responsibility: It’s to lower their own taxes and perhaps obtain substantial cuts in Social Security and Medicare and to try to do it by stealth during the lame duck session of Congress...
More People Eschew Jobless Benefits Than Scam System Wall Street Journal ...Some people scam the system to get jobless benefits they don’t deserve. But far more don’t claim the benefits for which they are eligible, according to research by economists working with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis...
Rite-Hite owner warns employees of risks of voting Obama Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Mike White, the chairman and owner of Rite-Hite, a major Milwaukee manufacturer of industrial equipment, wanted to be sure his employees understood what he feels is at stake in the presidential election...
Uniontown Hospital, Teamsters spar over contract negotiations Herald Standard .."we are disappointed that we have had 17 bargaining sessions with no successful results after two contracts offers have been voted down by the membership,” (Vito) Dragone Jr., secretary-treasurer of Teamsters 491 said...
Teamsters set up pickets at Allied Waste Service headquarters Memphis Commercial Appeal ...Several dozen sanitation workers picketed Allied Waste Services headquarters at 3840 Homewood for about an hour early Thursday morning to oppose what union leaders say are the company's plans to eliminate pensions...
