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... claims I treat all firms with mixed union representation as though they are affiliated with the AFL-CIO only. Based on publicly available data, I distinctly categorize a company based ... given to me. I encourage blog readers to read both my study and the AFL-CIO's report to reach their own conclusions. Peer review, comments ... companies with unions primarily represented by the CtW than before the split. At the same time, the AFL-CIO pension fund remained less likely to vote for management and directors ...

... ; two reactions to that AFL-CIO response - from Ashwini Agrawal and from Steven Kaplan - are available here; the subsequent AFL-CIO response is available here). I am writing to respond to the recent post by Daniel Pedrotty, director of the AFL-CIO Office ... has made what I consider false and misleading statements about my research, I have serious concerns, as do my advisors, that the AFL-CIO will misuse and mischaracterize any data I send them prior to publication. I therefore will not enter into ...

... practices. "Americans are rightly angered by CEOs who haven't learned their lesson," AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka, said in an April 14 press release. ... Robert Toll would not receive a bonus under the old standards. According to the AFL-CIO, the company now ties the CEO's bonus to a percentage of its income before ... collect after stepping down as chief executive of Tyson Foods in January. In addition, the AFL-CIO has filed 17 proposals this year that seek advisory votes on compensation ...

President Barack Obama today spoke about health care to the AFL-CIO in Ohio: In Monday's speech, at the AFL-CIO's annual Labor Day picnic at Ohio's Coney Island amusement park, the president ... , that while Obama will continue to push the public option, he will not make it a condition for signing a bill. Do people just hear what they want to hear? Richard Trumka, the incoming president of the AFL-CIO, said that Obama's support for a public option helped make his speech "the best Labor Day speech I' ...

In past weeks, the AFL-CIO released the 15th edition of its annual report titled Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect. The report surveys U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and finds an increase in fatal workplace injuries. Over the most ... day of year. Bureau of Labor Statistics data does not include fatalities resulting from occupational diseases, which are estimated to cause between 50,000 and 60,000 worker deaths each year. The full report can be downloaded from the AFL-CIO website here.

In light of the attacks to its relevancy and in preparation for the July convention and elections, the AFL-CIO issued its own statement. in April and June of 2005, the federation published "Winning for Working Families; Recommendations from the Officers of the AFL-CIO for Uniting and Strengthening the Union Movement" (available online at www.aflcio.org). Similar to the SEIU, the

FT reports on the AFL-CIO's letter to the SEC. The union argues that Blackstone is an investment company for purposes of the 40 Act and should be regulated as such. Partnership Equity under the 40 Act. I'm not a ... The statutory language of the Act doesn't speak specifically to this question, although its broad language suggests that the term was meant to be inclusive. The AFL-CIO argues that because a carried interest functions economically like a call option, and a call option would clearly be an ...

Yesterday, the AFL-CIO filed a complaint against the NLRB with the the International Labor Organization's Committee on Freedom of Association. The AFL-CIO is arguing that the current Board's decisions represents a "systematic effort to deny workers' rights in violation of...

See People's Weekly World Newspaper Article - Connecticut AFL-CIO The Connecticut AFL-CIO met in New Haven, Conn. last week to take a stand for immigrant rights. It did so through a special resolution, several speeches and a workshop with extended discussion so delegates could bring the message back to their members. The state federation also joined New Haven leaders in a press conference to tell Congress that "immigrant rights are human rights."

The AFL-CIO's Seth Micheals has breaking news in his blog today. It trumpets a new study which concludes that workers "won't face coercion if they sign up for a union." Memo ... . That would be you, me, and all of the other taxpayers. Speaking from someone who resides in one of the states mentioned in the study, I can well attest to the tax burden already placed on these residents If the AFL-CIO or anybody else can come up with a compromise measure that allows for these costs to be passed off on the ...