Jason | May 20, 2009
No holds barred. A landmark study examining workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain shows that the problems the Employee Free Choice Act would address are getting worse.“No Holds Barred: The Intensification of Employer Opposition to Organizing,” authored by Kate Bronfenbrenner, the director of Cornell University’s School of Industrial Relations, documents a disturbing increase in [...]
JM Bell | May 19, 2009
For Immediate Release May 19, 2009 Kaine Lauds President Obama’s Agreement With Car Company Executives and State Leaders on Fuel and Emissions Standards New Standards Set First Ever Greenhouse Gas Pollution Standards for Cars and Provide More Certainty to Auto Industry Washington, DC – The Obama Administration announced today a new national standard for fuel [...]
Jason | May 18, 2009
AFL-CIO Blog: THE ECONOMY IS NOT WORKING FOR WORKING FAMILIES TODAY—AND HEALTH CARE IS A MAJOR PART OF THE PROBLEM. Across America, families are making hard decisions between paying for health care and paying for other necessities and struggling with a system that is too often cruel and inefficient. As President Obama has said, “Health [...]
JM Bell | May 14, 2009
JM Bell | May 14, 2009
Not that I’m surprised that these two were among the 60 who voted in the corporate interest (get it? ha ha!), I’m more surprised at the 21 democrats that jumped on that side of the vote. Senate Vote on H.R.627: Motion to Waive CBA Sanders Amdt. No. 1062; To establish a national consumer credit usury [...]
JM Bell | May 14, 2009
JM Bell | May 14, 2009
From MSNBC – do I spy, with my cynical eye, a spine developing in the Speaker of the House? I certainly hope so. WASHINGTON – Under strong attack from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her about waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply rebutted claims [...]
JM Bell | May 13, 2009
I think we all know where I am on this topic. The noise machine on the right is becoming ever more disgustin and frightening, while the near silent mumbles on the left, especially in Utah, are mostly sad and pathetic. * How funny is it to have Beck talk about polygamy? (h/t – Media Matters [...]
JM Bell | May 13, 2009
I miss him SO MUCH sometimes – VENTURA: It’s drowning. It gives you the complete sensation that you are drowning. It is no good, because you — I’ll put it to you this way, you give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders. [...]
