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We Set Ourselves Up to Win

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Paul Johnston Excerpt:

On September 16, 2,200 clerical, blue collar, and professional workers in the Santa Cruz County chapter of Service Employees Local 415 walked out. Their employer was long committed to substandard wages, and now planning layoffs in response to a fiscal crisis. And there was only one solid pro-union vote on the county Board of Supervisors.

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Categories: Labor Notes

USA : Labor War in the Mojave

LabourStart US - 2 hours 14 min ago
Source: The Nation

Canada: Vale Rejects Clear Path to Settlement

LabourStart - 3 hours 14 min ago
LabourStart headline - Source: Steelworkers Canada

India: Maersk urged to intervene to settle Indian port drivers’ agreement

LabourStart - 3 hours 14 min ago
LabourStart headline - Source: ITF

Economic Report: Initial U.S. Jobless Claims Drop Slightly- 03/12/10

Workers Independent News - 3 hours 56 min ago

Economic Report:

The number of newly laid off workers dropped slightly last week. Initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 over the previous week. However, according to economists the numbers still aren’t at a point that would indicate consistent job creation. Claims were at 462,000 and they would need to fall below 425,000 to signal sustained growth.

Author Finds Some Managers Are Modern Day “Economic Disobedience” Robin Hoods - 03/12/10

Workers Independent News - 3 hours 57 min ago

As low wage workers continue to struggle in today’s economy a new book exposes a small group of managers that are playing the role of modern day “Robin Hoods.” Jesse Russell reports:

While researching a book about the difficulties of low-income workers, Brandeis University sociologist Lisa Dodson stumbled into the world that exists between low-income and middle class workers. Dodson found managers who were concerned about the wages being paid to workers they oversaw, but felt there was little they could do. However, among this group she found a number of modern day “Robin Hoods.”

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Bill Will Make New York A Leader In Fighting Wage Theft - 03/12/10

Workers Independent News - 3 hours 58 min ago

By Doug Cunningham

[Amy Carroll]: “It's a really exciting piece of legislation in New York state that's going to make New York state that's really going to make New York the leader in the fight to end wage theft."

Make The Road New York Legal Director Amy Carroll, on a bill introduced in the New York state legislature this week to combat wage theft. Wage theft by employers is a growing problem nationally and Carroll says it’s a big problem in New York, where the Coalition to Prevent Wage Theft & Protect Responsible Businesses will conduct a vigorous campaign against wage theft.

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Man On Internet Almost Falls Into World Of DIY Mustard Enthusiasts

The Onion - 8 hours 14 min ago
DES MOINES, IA—Only when Steve Gibson started getting enraged by mustard-related issues did he realize he had become entangled in a dense, thickening web of mustard obsession. "I saw my wife put French's mustard on a bologna sandwich and I just lost control," he said.


Categories: The Onion

In Focus: Nation To Be Tested For Scoliosis Friday

The Onion - 9 hours 28 min ago
WASHINGTON, DC--In a mandatory, nationwide health initiative many Americans are dreading, all U.S. citizens will be tested for scoliosis Friday.


Categories: The Onion

Opinion: I Didn't Spend 6 Weeks In A Medical License Reinstatement Ethics Class To Have You Call Me 'Mister' (by Dr. Trent Berstyn)

The Onion - 11 hours 13 min ago
It's tragic how people treat doctors in this day and age. The lack of respect for the education and training medical professionals go through,...


Categories: The Onion

[video] Boys Tragic Death Could Have Happened To Any Family With 20-Foot Pet Python

The Onion - 11 hours 14 min ago
Rich and Lisa Shaw say there were no warning signs that their 300-pound Burmese Python would crush and eat their 3 year old son.


Categories: The Onion

Lohan Sues ETrade Over TV Ad

The Onion - 12 hours 44 min ago
Actress Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit against the Internet brokerage E*Trade over a commercial featuring a talking baby named Lindsay who suffers...


Categories: The Onion

Couple Of Cool Guys Just Hanging Out

The Onion - 13 hours 14 min ago
NEW YORK—Cool guys Shawn Goldstein, 26 (left) and Walt Traxel, 26 (right) just hang out Tuesday afternoon. Please check back in for updates as The Onion continues to follow this developing story.


Categories: The Onion

Mayors want health costs on ballot

Seachange Bulletin - 18 hours 20 min ago

Legislators say cities to blame for benefits. Sean P. Murphy, Boston Globe, March 10, 2010 A group of Massachusetts mayors, fed up with what they say is legislative inaction on skyrocketing municipal health care costs, has launched a ballot initiative for 2012 aimed at giving cities and towns more flexibility in reducing expensive benefits for employees, retirees, and elected officials. Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston hosted a strategy session of about 20 mayors in City Hall Friday. The group emerged with a proposal to allow communities to reduce benefits without union negotiations. ... Mayors

That tired message: Blame workers

Seachange Bulletin - 18 hours 23 min ago

Robert J. Haynes, President, Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Malden, Boston Globe, March 8, 2010 The Globe professes that “the solutions are clear enough’’ to the problem of rising health insurance costs (“Soaring municipal health costs cry out for a state overhaul,’’ Editorial, March 2), yet does not address the actual solutions or the real problems, and chooses instead to scapegoat workers. The position that workers’ collective bargaining rights and agreements are the problem ... That

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