Working Life

    I’ve just been told by a usually reliable source that two major unions–Service Employees International Union and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union–are meeting today to make national endorsements and they will endorse Barack Obama. This is huge in many respects for Sen. Obama’s campaign.     First, the two unions together account for […]

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    I’ve just been told by a usually reliable source that two major unions–Service Employees International Union and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union–are meeting today to make national endorsements and they will endorse Barack Obama. This is huge in many respects for Sen. Obama’s campaign.     First, the two unions together account for […]

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    Here’s another sign that the economy is worsening. Even though oil prices are at record highs and people are paying more for gasoline, the trade deficit dropped in December. Today’s on-line Wall Street Journal reports, based on data released by the Commerce Department: The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December despite a record […]

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    Here’s another sign that the economy is worsening. Even though oil prices are at record highs and people are paying more for gasoline, the trade deficit dropped in December. Today’s on-line Wall Street Journal reports, based on data released by the Commerce Department: The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December despite a record […]

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    No surprise: the members of the WGA voted to pull down their picket signs and go back to work pending a vote on the actual deal. This from today’s Los Angeles Times: More than 90% of the 3,775 writers who cast ballots in Los Angeles and New York voted to immediately end the work […]

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    No surprise: the members of the WGA voted to pull down their picket signs and go back to work pending a vote on the actual deal. This from today’s Los Angeles Times: More than 90% of the 3,775 writers who cast ballots in Los Angeles and New York voted to immediately end the work […]

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    This was no surprise, actually. It had been brewing for some time and a few days ago I was told it would become more public: Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that she’s contemplating a new job – president of the national teachers union. Weingarten’s possible ascent to the […]

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    This was no surprise, actually. It had been brewing for some time and a few days ago I was told it would become more public: Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that she’s contemplating a new job – president of the national teachers union. Weingarten’s possible ascent to the […]

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    You may recall that we sponsored a forum last Fall to look at the growth of the unregulated economy. At the forum, the New York State Commissioner of Labor, Patricia Smith talked about her department’s efforts to enforce basic wage and hour laws. Well, Smith–one of Eliot Spitzer’s really great appointments–has not just been […]

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    You may recall that we sponsored a forum last Fall to look at the growth of the unregulated economy. At the forum, the New York State Commissioner of Labor, Patricia Smith talked about her department’s efforts to enforce basic wage and hour laws. Well, Smith–one of Eliot Spitzer’s really great appointments–has not just been […]

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