The labor movement was notably silent, but had opposed the 60-day campaign finance restrictions in a legal brief it filed last year with the High Court.
Even the Obama administration seems to be at a loss for answers when the millions of unemployed ask if they can have jobs now -- with emphasis on the word “now.”
President Obama’s proposed Labor Department budget for fiscal year 2011, which starts Oct. 1, leaves spending flat for “discretionary programs,” but shifts the emphasis more towards enforcement.
In an op-ed piece on WJBC radio in McLean county, IL, Mike Matejka looks at revered American icon Teddy Roosevelt's writings about property and finds that today's Republicans might not want him in their party.
The Solidarity Center's staff in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are collecting donations for food and supplies for the Haitian people. Union Plus is matching your donations dollar for dollar right now. Donate here.
Working America's blog calls our attention to the various "work from home" and other too-good-to-be-true scams that have proliferated amidst the wreckage of the US economy. Beware!
Andy Zipser of the Guild Reporter newspaper over at TNG-CWA has written extensively on these scam artists, who often claim to be able to reach gadjillions of union members with their marketing campaigns in order to steal the money of legitimate vendors like law firms, benefits providers etc. Check out Zipser's latest report on a new web-based scammer, UnionWorkForce.