Economy
July 8, 2010 -
By Arthur Fox, Labor Notes The U.S. Supreme Court in mid-June knocked down 600 decisions by the National Labor Relations Board on the grounds that only two NLRB members lacked the authority needed to issue binding decisions. While pulling the rug out from under 600 decisions may seem cataclysmic, the likelihood is that the NLRB, now up to its full complement of five members, will quickly re-issue the decisions given that they were, for
July 6, 2010 -
By Ryan Knutson,
July 2, 2010 -
The nation's unemployment rate in June, according to a government report issued today: 9.5%
July 2, 2010 -
By Joe Uehlein, Labor Notes "There are no jobs on a dead planet." That's how one union leader answered those who say that unions should be concerned only about jobs, and leave the planet to someone else to take care of. Many unions and both labor federations hailed Barack Obama's bold talk about solving America's jobs crisis by putting millions of people to work in "green jobs" that would solve the climate crisis by
July 1, 2010 -
For the hundreds of thousands of people in the Gulf of Mexico who depend on commercial and sport fishing (directly and indirectly), the assault on sea life from the BP oil disaster has been a serious blow. But it's hardly unfamiliar.
June 29, 2010 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest By all rights, the laissez-faire crowd should be silent these days.