unions
Union-friendly investor defends pension plans
July 16, 2012The point of all the initiatives is the same: Finding areas that can make money for investing unions and investing union pension plans - and put union members to work.
Read moreBig British labor federation picks female leader
July 16, 2012The Trades Union Congress, Great Britain's biggest labor federation, with 6.2 million members, elected Frances O'Grady as its General Secretary, its top administrative post.
Read moreHow to stop corporate criminality
July 10, 2012If you want any more evidence that U.S. corporate executives and financial finaglers are nothing more than crooks in costly suits, all you needed to was right on the front page of The New York Times.
Read moreOSHA’s Barab walks fine line on firms’ ‘voluntary protection’
July 10, 2012House Republicans demand OSHA emphasize its Voluntary Protection Program while unions and the GAO say OSHA doesn't have the staff to monitor VPP firms' performance.
Read moreBeware: “Pro-child” groups press corporate schools agenda
July 10, 2012The Change.org petition site recently dropped the misleadingly named "StudentsFirst" and "Stand for Children" as paying clients.This came after public pressure including a counter-petition by a Chicago teacher.
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