2004 Election Protection Leader Running for Michigan Secretary of State
crossposted from unbossedWere you part of the election protection team in 2004? Did you ever wonder how it was created?Why, of course, was never a question after the horrors of the 2000 selection. And...
View ArticleInfrastructure privatization increasingly seen as a bad deal . . . except by...
crossposted from unbossedConsider just how bad a deal would have to be to make you willing to pay $126 million to walk away from it. That’s what happened a week in Chicago. The consortium that had put...
View ArticleStealth government by regulation . . . revealed
crossposted from unbossedIn recent years we got used to news that the Bush administration had used regulations and the regulatory process to do end runs around Congress . . . well, and the American...
View ArticleObama and the Gold “Rush” Limbaugh health care plan
crossposted from unbossedYesterday Rush Limbaugh was all over Obama’s health care plan. He played a clip of Obama praising companies that have wellness plans that promote more exercise, weight loss,...
View ArticleWhere Pensions and Goldman Sachs Meet Up
crossposted from unbossedOh, so last December, you might have seen this announcement issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC):December 22, 2008PBGC Hires Strategic Partners For $2.5...
View ArticleMore on corruption at the PBGC
crossposted from unbossedA couple days ago, unbossed reported on the Senate's request that the Inspector General of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) report on misdeeds under the prior...
View ArticleThe (un)Happiness of Federal Employees
crossposted from unbossedIt's been a rough road for public employees during the Bush years, and certainly federal employees have weathered harsh treatment. Part of it comes from the general disrespect...
View ArticleRep. Joe Wilson's (Anti-Union) War
crossposted from unbossedAh! Springtime and time for Representative Joe Wilson (R-S.C) to engage in the annual rite of introducing the Freedom From Union Violence Act, just as he introduced it in the...
View ArticleAmending the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Part 1
crossposted from unbossedFirst: Do you have a pulse? You are reading this, so I will assume the answer is "Yes". If so, then you have probably heard about the Employee Free Choice Act even though you...
View ArticleAmending the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Part 2 - Examining the...
crossposted from unbossedNothing was more predictable than that the Right would respond to an effort to amend the National Labor Relations Act by offering their own amendments - either to kill the bill...
View ArticleAmending the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Part 3 - More on the...
crossposted from unbossedOne of the issues presented by the RAISE Bill is exclusive representation. That is, under the NLRA, the union chosen by the employees by majority vote or recognized by the...
View ArticleAmending the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Part 5 - Strengthening...
crossposted from unbossedThis is the fifth in a series on pending bills to amend the National Labor Relations Act. The series so far has examined the RAISE Act. Prior parts may be found at my Daily Kos...
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