President Obama considering putting social insurance cuts in his budget DailyKos ...The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are reporting that President Obama is "strongly considering" including cuts to social insurance program benefits in his budget...
Walmart's CEO Paid 1,034 Times More Than The Median Walmart Worker: PayScale Huffington Post ...Half of Walmart workers made less than $22,400 in 2012, according to PayScale, which is below poverty level for a family of four...
Banks Seek to Overturn Judge’s Ruling in Critical Mortgage Case New York Times ...banks have been overwhelmed with lawsuits filed by federal and state authorities, as well as private investors. The lawsuits center on a dismal chapter in banks’ histories when Wall Street sold billions of dollars of subprime mortgages that soured, causing the banks and investors to incur vast losses...
ALEC: The Scheme to Remake America, One State House at a Time Huffington Post ...behind that mantra lies a vast network of corporate lobbying and political action aimed to increase corporate profits at public expense without public knowledge...
Deal Reached to Force Paid Sick Leave in New York City New York Times ...New York City is poised to mandate that thousands of companies provide paid time off for sick employees, bolstering a national movement that has been resisted by wary business leaders...
Governor Scott Walker’s Proposed Budget (opinion) The Progressive ...If budgets reflect values, then Governor Scott Walker’s proposed 2013-2015 budget is proof that Wisconsin has regressed back to the days of the robber barons and the paternalistic values of the Victorian era in which they accumulated their wealth...
Guest column: Trying to destroy our public institutions, one by one Lafayette Journal & Courier ...beyond the debate about economic theory is a sustained, well-funded campaign by the Koch Brothers, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), think tanks and many politicians to destroy public institutions that masses of working people have struggled historically to construct...
Michigan's right-to-work law takes effect today, but impact may take a while to see Detroit Free Press ...Indiana has seen 19 consecutive months of private-sector job growth. Its per-capita income grew 3.4% in 2012, more than the national growth of 2.7%, according to statistics released Tuesday. Yet its unemployment rate, which matched the national rate of 8.2% when right-to-work legislation took effect, was pegged at 8.6% in January...
Company gets bigger state contract even as unemployment rate falls Miami Herald ...Also known as WIN, the Tennessee-based firm has a state contract to run the online skills assessment that critics say has acted as a barrier to thousands of people seeking jobless benefits. The company, a major contributor to Florida politicians, saw its annual contract increase from $2 million to $2.7 million last June, even as the number of people it was serving was plummeting...
Teamsters Strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste in Youngstown, Ohio Waste Management World ...Sanitation workers go on Unfair Labor Practice strike; co-workers in Evansville, Ind. and Urbana, Ill. refuse to work in show of support...
YRC, Teamsters will discuss proposed change of operations in Dallas Kansas City Business Journal ...Representatives of YRC Worldwide Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will meet on April 19 in Dallas to discuss the company’s proposed change of operations request...
