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13 Sep 2014, 5:56 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.washingtonpost.com Correctional deputy Loralee Anne, right, speaks with job seekers about positions with the Riverside County Sheriff at the Career Choice Inland Empire Career Fair in Ontario, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 3:16 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from prospect.org Today, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Rosa DeLauro introduced the FAMILY Act, a bill that would grant every employee in the country access to up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. [read post]
15 Dec 2013, 3:41 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com I don’t put much past politicians. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 7:20 pm
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.washingtonpost.com IN THE politically charged election year of 1996 — the same year the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) passed both houses of Congress with veto-proof margins — the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) reached the Senate floor and was defeated by a single vote.Reading the tea leaves then, it might have seemed that employment discrimination against gay workers would become illegal long… [read post]
25 Nov 2014, 3:33 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.latimes.com Wal-Mart protestWal-Mart workers and their supporters plan to launch protests at stores across the country on Black Friday to push for higher wages and better working conditions for employees.Sanrio looks to give Hello Kitty, at 40, new lifeOrganizers say rallies and marches will occur at 1,600 Wal-Mart locations on the day after Thanksgiving in what they say will be the largest protests ever against… [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 3:59 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com Alas, it is.Like the corporate campus and plaza it shares, 1 World Trade speaks volumes about political opportunism, outmoded thinking and upside-down urban priorities. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 3:16 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 4:36 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.bloomberg.com Andrew Cuomo took the low road. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 1:04 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com The wealthy are getting wealthier. [read post]
28 Sep 2013, 5:28 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.businessweek.com Photograph by Marc Spector It’s almost 6 p.m. on a Friday, and the tables near the bar at the Hamilton in downtown Washington are getting crowded. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 6:04 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.huffingtonpost.comWhistleblower Justin Greenwell told regulators that his company, Armstrong Coal, was misreporting the dust levels in his mine, potentially putting miners in danger of black lung disease. [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 10:39 pm
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com NEW DELHI — The police in Bangladesh charged the owners of a garment factory and 11 of their employees with culpable homicide in the deaths of 112 workers in a fire last year that came to symbolize the appalling working conditions in the country’s dominant textile industry. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 5:08 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from articles.chicagotribune.comRepublican candidate for Illinois governor Bruce Rauner said on Wednesday that he made a mistake when he proposed slashing the state's minimum wage by one dollar. [read post]
10 Oct 2014, 1:22 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.washingtonpost.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday pondered when the working day ends for hourly employees at an Amazon.com warehouse: when the worker punches the time clock, or later, when he clears a security check to make sure he hasn’t stolen anything.Several justices seemed to think it was the former. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 6:04 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.comThe activist and co-author of “I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World” relished “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the first book she read in the hospital when recovering from an attack by the Taliban. [read post]
24 Nov 2013, 12:06 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.huffingtonpost.com black friday protestsWalmart workers and their supporters are planning to kick off this year's holiday shopping season with protests at 1,500 Walmart stores around the country on Nov. 29. [read post]
12 Aug 2014, 5:19 pm
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.bloomberg.com Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergThe chemical triclosan has been linked to cancer-cell growth and disrupted development in animals. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 6:13 pm
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com Firefighters and residents worked to rescue people caught in a fire at a shoe factory in Wenling, Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday.Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesFirefighters and residents worked to rescue people caught in a fire at a shoe factory in Wenling, Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday.A fire tore through a shoe factory in eastern China, killing at least 16 people, and the… [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 3:16 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from mobile.nytimes.com David Neumark is professor of economics and director of the Center for Economics and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine.Proponents of raising the minimum wage often point out that the real minimum wage is lower now than it was decades ago. [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 4:39 am
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.salon.com Corporate America's new scam: Industry P.R. firm poses as think tank! [read post]
