Posted on 09 December 2009. Tags: Corporations, Free Speech, Supreme Court
Free speech rights…for corporations: Montana voters, fed up with the grip of out-of-state mining interests on local politicians, passed an initiative in 1912 banning corporate spending on candidates for state office. As soon as Tuesday, that law — and similar ones in nearly half the states — could be struck down by the U.S. […]
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Posted on 07 February 2008. Tags: Free Speech, RICO, Smithfield, UFCW
Or the pot calling the kettle black…Smithfield Foods, one of the most abusive employers and labor-law breakers in the country, is suing the United Food & Commercial Workers for…racketeering! I had known about this suit but was reminded of it yesterday because of Adam Liptak’s good piece in The New York Times. Smithfield Foods, […]
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Posted on 07 February 2008. Tags: Free Speech, RICO, Smithfield, UFCW
Or the pot calling the kettle black…Smithfield Foods, one of the most abusive employers and labor-law breakers in the country, is suing the United Food & Commercial Workers for…racketeering! I had known about this suit but was reminded of it yesterday because of Adam Liptak’s good piece in The New York Times. Smithfield Foods, […]
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Posted in General Interest