Groups Press Big Retailers on Safety Overseas New York Times ...The second letter... warned retailers of the “significant reputational, operational and legal risks that are ubiquitous in global supply chains.”…Other signers included … the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Pension Plan…
Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup Associated Press ...Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cleanup and rebuilding ahead of challenging times for travelers and commuters along the Northeast Corridor...
High-Tech Firms Want Low-Wage—Not U.S.—Workers AFL-CIO Now ...Silicon Valley tycoons—including Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg—are pushing amendments from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to the bill that could open the door for companies to fire U.S. workers and replace them with lower-paid foreign workers...
My Two (Per)cents: How Are American Workers Dealing with the Payroll Tax Hike? Federal Reserve Bank of New York ...Regardless of what consumers reported doing with the increase in take-home pay over the last two years, a majority report that they will cut back on spending...
'Moral issues' lead banks to refuse porn stars bank accounts and loans Daily Mail ...Adult film actress Chanel Preston has starred in close to 150 porn flicks and is well compensated for her time, but now it appears she is having trouble keeping a bank account...
Italy coalition: Thousands rally in Rome against cuts BBC News ...About 100,000 protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government. Wielding red flags and placards, they urged the centre-left Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to scrap austerity measures and focus on job creation...
A thousand days of austerity El Pais ...It is now three years since Europe-imposed cutbacks were first imposed on Spain. With rampant unemployment, the country's suffering has never been more acute...
Fla. gov. rejects Amazon deal Associated Press ...Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top priority since coming into office, has rejected a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon to the state...
Stockton Workers and Seniors Take Taxpayer Protection Fight to Walmart's Doorstep Labor's Edge ...Dozens of Stockton-area workers and seniors streamed into the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter this morning to deliver an important message: Walmart must pay its fair share for health care. It was the second stop on the statewide "Close the Walmart Loophole" tour...
Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation ThinkProgress ...Walker’s early-term agenda focused on busting public worker unions in the state and slashing state spending. His successes in pursuing those legislative goals amount to a localized version of the austerity approach to economic growth which Republicans have pressed with less success on the national level. Following the billions in budget cuts he pushed upon taking office, Walker has proposed both further cuts to school budgets and a tax cut that’s heavily slanted towards the state’s wealthiest residents. Those policies have pulled demand out of the state’s economy, undermining Wisconsin’s growth prospects....
Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup Associated Press ...Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cleanup and rebuilding ahead of challenging times for travelers and commuters along the Northeast Corridor...
High-Tech Firms Want Low-Wage—Not U.S.—Workers AFL-CIO Now ...Silicon Valley tycoons—including Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg—are pushing amendments from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to the bill that could open the door for companies to fire U.S. workers and replace them with lower-paid foreign workers...
My Two (Per)cents: How Are American Workers Dealing with the Payroll Tax Hike? Federal Reserve Bank of New York ...Regardless of what consumers reported doing with the increase in take-home pay over the last two years, a majority report that they will cut back on spending...
'Moral issues' lead banks to refuse porn stars bank accounts and loans Daily Mail ...Adult film actress Chanel Preston has starred in close to 150 porn flicks and is well compensated for her time, but now it appears she is having trouble keeping a bank account...
Italy coalition: Thousands rally in Rome against cuts BBC News ...About 100,000 protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government. Wielding red flags and placards, they urged the centre-left Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to scrap austerity measures and focus on job creation...
A thousand days of austerity El Pais ...It is now three years since Europe-imposed cutbacks were first imposed on Spain. With rampant unemployment, the country's suffering has never been more acute...
Fla. gov. rejects Amazon deal Associated Press ...Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top priority since coming into office, has rejected a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon to the state...
Stockton Workers and Seniors Take Taxpayer Protection Fight to Walmart's Doorstep Labor's Edge ...Dozens of Stockton-area workers and seniors streamed into the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter this morning to deliver an important message: Walmart must pay its fair share for health care. It was the second stop on the statewide "Close the Walmart Loophole" tour...
Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation ThinkProgress ...Walker’s early-term agenda focused on busting public worker unions in the state and slashing state spending. His successes in pursuing those legislative goals amount to a localized version of the austerity approach to economic growth which Republicans have pressed with less success on the national level. Following the billions in budget cuts he pushed upon taking office, Walker has proposed both further cuts to school budgets and a tax cut that’s heavily slanted towards the state’s wealthiest residents. Those policies have pulled demand out of the state’s economy, undermining Wisconsin’s growth prospects....
