Ottawa The UFCW’s effort to assist the development of a workers’ association for the so-called “associates” of Wal-Mart finally has made its debut after a long period of work, claiming thousands of members and organization on the ground in California, Texas, Washington State, as well as efforts in Florida and elsewhere that are well known. …
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Obama, LEDs, Jobs, CFLs, and Wal-Mart
Atlanta Speaking of CFLs, incandescent bulbs, and LEDs, President Obama was in North Carolina visiting Cree, Inc., a large LED manufacturer, yesterday. He was talking about jobs, which is a good thing, though mainly about engineering and high tech jobs, which is also a good thing, but is not going to deal with almost 10% …
Democratic Union Bashers
New Orleans Aside from California and Alaska, there is no stronger state for unions than New York, yet for months even before being elected as the new Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo seems to have been targeting unions as has special blame-boys for budget woes in the state. Now indisputable news emerges that he …