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Does America still respect labor?
Contributing ColumnistAs another Labor Day came and went, I found myself wondering whether this important national holiday has lost some of its original meaning. The U.S. Department of Labor explains on its website that Labor Day is “a creation of the labor movement...Tags: Unions, File Sharing, Holidays, Employment Opportunities, Human Rights Watch
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Godfather of 'sole'
To save his crumbling empire, Bob King, president of the United Auto Workers union, offered foreign automakers a deal “they can’t refuse.” But if they happened to decline the offer, King recently admitted that it likely would doom...Tags: Unions, Missouri, Honda Motor Co., Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering
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25 Years Ago: Feb. 18, 1986
Feb. 18, 1986
Rockwell International’s Winchester plant recently announced the hiring of Roger O’Neill as manager of industrial relations. O’Neill replaces Greg Brown, who was promoted to a position at Rockwell’s plant in Kenton,...Tags: Kentucky, Springfield, Career and Workplace, Ohio, Oliver Purnell
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Two activist groups accuse Wal-Mart of unfair labor practices
The day after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named a former advisor to President George W. Bush to head its corporate and government affairs division, two activist groups filed complaints accusing the retail behemoth and its suppliers of poor labor practices....
Tags: National Government, White House, JC Penney Company Inc., Politics, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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WGA to picket E! headquarters in 'Fashion Police' dispute
The Writers Guild of America, West has escalated its fight with the producers of "Fashion Police," a show on the E! cable network. The guild plans to hold a picket and rally outside the Wilshire Boulevard headquarters of E! Entertainment Television on...Tags: Unions, Fashion Trends, Satellite and Cable Service, Collective Contract, Chelsea Lately (tv program)
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El Centro's Ballington Academy teachers seek additional compensation
Staff Writer, Copy EditorTeachers at Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences are requesting additional compensation on account of an extended academic school year that they contend has added 14 work days not specified in their employee handbook. The charter school...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Volunteers of America, Career and Workplace
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The NLRB's school-door stand
WASHINGTON — Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be...Tags: U.S. Congress, Employment Opportunities, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights
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Reid to delay Senate votes on most Obama nominees until July
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will delay votes on several of President Obama’s nominees for key posts until July, a decision raising the prospect that he’ll seek further changes to Senate rules...Tags: Immigration, Dick Durbin, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Jeff Merkley
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Biased press doesn't deserve protection
The IRS is constitutionally protected in the execution of its duties to collect income taxes. Reporters are constitutionally protected when they report fairly and honestly. The First Amendment gives the right to print the truth, not to print biased...Tags: Politics, Freedom of the Press, Taxation, Benghazi, Career and Workplace
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Column: Obama accelerates loss of trust
WASHINGTON — Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government...Tags: Global Warming, U.S. Congress, Politics, Taxation, Global Expansion
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Judge rules in favor of JPL scientists disciplined for emails sent from work accounts
Scientists and engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory were unfairly disciplined for sending emails about a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving background checks at the agency, a judge has ruled. The ruling comes after the JPL employees...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, U.S. Supreme Court, NASA, Science and Technology
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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, George W. Bush, U.S. Senate, Lamar Alexander
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