GOP to Filibuster Obama's Consumer Watchdog Pick Mother Jones ...A little more than a week after Senate Democrats decided not to weaken the filibuster, Republicans are vowing to filibuster President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unless its powers are reduced...
Banks, at Least, Had a Friend in Geithner New York Times ...“The legal and regulatory framework that Geithner leaves behind for preventing a future financial crisis inspires little confidence, especially amid scandals emerging almost weekly at banks too big and complex to manage, regulate, police and fail....”
Deep Military Cuts Begin as Congress Dawdles Military.com ...Congressional leaders appear to have reach consensus that it is safer politically to allow deep and arbitrary cuts to military budgets than it is to negotiate a large debt-reduction deal that would have names attached...
Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-tip Yahoo News ...An Applebee's waitress who posted a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the automatic gratuity added to the bill on the Internet was fired on Wednesday after the pastor complained to her manager...
Helmets to Hardhats: Placing soldiers in good jobs Northwest Indiana Times ...Programs like the Helmets to Hardhats organization and the Iron Workers Local 395 Apprenticeship Program are working to combat this problem and bring quality careers to America’s troops returning home from overseas...
Union backers say Nissan threatens plant closure Associated Press ...Pro-union workers said Tuesday that Nissan Motor Co. has threatened to close its Canton, Miss. assembly plant if workers vote for the United Auto Workers to represent them, though the company denies such threats...
Ford's UAW workers to get $8,300 profit payout Detroit Free Press ...UAW members have not had a wage increase in at least eight years, relying on lump-sum payments and profit sharing for between 20% and 25% of their annual pay...
Plan to sell state-owned power plants might be revived Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ..."The plan to sell off some or all of the 37 state government-run power and heating plants was dropped in 2011 amid complaints the bill did not include provisions requiring that they be sold through a competitive bidding process..."
