David Sirota: Thank You Sir, May I Have Another: Labor Leaders Destroy Their Own Ability to Influence Democrats

Image via WikipediaDavid Sirota: Thank You Sir, May I Have Another: Labor Leaders Destroy Their Own Ability to Influence Democrats:

"if 'moving people on votes' is predicated on those people, in part, fearing electoral retribution from labor, and if labor hasn't exacted any retribution at all, why would those politicians ever move on votes at the request of labor in the next congressional session or any other?"

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Health Overhaul Overlooks Retirees - WSJ.com

Health Overhaul Overlooks Retirees - WSJ.com:


"Thanks to a little-noticed clause in a 1996 law, retiree-only health plans are exempt from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that went into effect last month."

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Bleak Prognosis - Investors.com

Bleak Prognosis - Investors.com:

"Mega-firms such as AT&T, Caterpillar, John Deere and Verizon are among those that are either considering ending coverage for their employees or have already chosen to do so."

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How A Pilot Refused A Full Body Scan And Now May Lose His Job

How A Pilot Refused A Full Body Scan And Now May Lose His Job:

"Where, then, would the evolution of these policies lead next?
'Do you want them to board your plane?' he asked.

'No, but I understand there are other, better ways to keep them off. Besides, at this point I'm more concerned with the greater threat to our rights and liberties as a free society.'

'Yeah, I know,' he said. And then, to my amazement, he continued, 'But somebody's already taken those away.'"

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The U.S. is the Most Overworked Developed Nation in the World – When do we Draw the Line? - The Mises Community

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The U.S. is the Most Overworked Developed Nation in the World – When do we Draw the Line? - The Mises Community:

"Using data by the U.S. BLS, the average productivity per American worker has increased 400% since 1950.

One way to look at that is that it should only take one-quarter the work hours, or 11 hours per week, to afford the same standard of living as a worker in 1950 (or our standard of living should be 4 times higher).

Is that the case? Obviously not. Someone is profiting, it’s just not the average American worker."

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The Big Picture

Image by EricMagnuson via FlickrThe Big Picture:

"A huge portion of the Fraudclosure mess was by design."

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The handle is one of us!

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When the axe came into the forest,
 the trees said,
 "The handle is one of us!"

A man came into a forest and asked the Trees to provide him a handle for his axe. The Trees consented to his request and gave him a young ash-tree.

No sooner had the man fitted a new handle to his axe from it, than he began to use it and quickly felled with his strokes the noblest giants of the forest.

An old oak, lamenting when too late the destruction of his companions, said to a neighboring cedar, "The first step has lost us all. If we had not given up the rights of the ash, we might yet have retained our own privileges and have stood for ages."

Labor Disputes Arising out of Social Media

Image via WikipediaLabor Disputes Arising out of Social Media:

"An employer commits an unfair labor practice when it engages in surveillance of union or organizing activity, or when it creates the 'impression of surveillance' of such activity. See Cannon Elec. Co., 151 NLRB 1465 (1965); Flexsteel Indus. Inc., 311 NLRB 257 (1993). Generally speaking, an employer is free to observe employees participating in union or other protected activity when those employees are doing so openly and in public."

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