Michigan's Own Scott Walker-Style Showdown Is Coming Mother Jones ...A senior labor official with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) tells Mother Jones that unions are ramping up to persuade Snyder not to sign the right-to-work bills next week. There will be a civil disobedience training in Detroit on Saturday, workplace actions on Monday, and then on Tuesday, when the state House goes back to work, unions hope to bring thousands of protesters to Lansing—all in opposition to Michigan's right-to-work bills....
Unions plotting strategy in right-to-work battle Associated Press ...Unions and their supporters are preparing to fight historic right-to-work legislation that could change the face of organized labor in Michigan, with civil disobedience training this weekend ahead of a planned Tuesday rally...
Michigan 'Right To Work:' GOP Lawmakers Against Controversial Bill Speak Out Huffington Post ...Four Republican state senators and six Republican state representatives broke with their party and sided with Democrats, citing the way their party expedited the legislation and the effect it would have on labor relations in the state....
November Jobs Report: Another nasty, ‘new normal’ month for US workers AEIdeas ...If labor force participation was at its January 2009 level, the unemployment rate would be a whopping 10.7%...
ECB mulls negative rates as Europe's economic crisis deepens Telegraph ...The European Central Bank has slashed its eurozone growth forecasts and warned that recession will drag on into the middle of next year, sending the euro plunging below €1.30 to the dollar...
Wal-Mart wouldn’t pay for Bangladeshi factory safety improvements Salon ...At a meeting in April 2011, more than a dozen retailers including Wal-Mart, Gap, Target and JC Penney met in Dhaka to discuss safety at their supplier Bangladeshi garment factories...
If We Did Not Share in the Prosperity, Why Should We Have to Share in the Sacrifice? (opinion) Huffington Post ...when the top 2 percent were enjoying their tax breaks and stockpiling their prosperity, there was no sharing with the masses. And instead, these individuals and groups now have the audacity to ask seniors, minorities, folks whose children fought in our wars, the disenfranchised and the most vulnerable among us to sacrifice some more...
Oral arguments heard in OOIDA's lawsuit seeking to stop cross-border program Land Line ... The Teamster’s attorneys also presented their oral arguments to the court on Thursday...
Hoffa Denounces Right To Work For Less In Michigan As Power Grab By Millionaires IBT ...The Teamster’s attorneys also presented their oral arguments to the court on Thursday...
