Working Life

Before the State Of The Union kthalps: guys, the only way obama can repeal dont ask dont tell is if we dont ask dont tell. so shut up abt it. duh! State Of The Union Starts kthalps: I guess we’ll have accept third-place “I do not accept second-place for the United States of America.” -Barack […]

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   Yesterday, I wrote about whether Joe Biden was good for labor. Relatively speaking, the answer is yes. Relative speaking because Paul Wellstone is not alive and, compared to the other people being considered, Biden was a decent choice.    In the analysis, I used a quick-and-dirty look at 12 years of the AFL-CIO’s legislative […]

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   As a whole, Joe Biden is considered a friend of labor. But, he doesn’t have a perfect voting record as far as labor is concerned. Lifetime, he has an 85 percent voting record on votes the AFL-CIO considers crucial over the past 12 years (that is the time period available on-line…and that’s the best […]

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   At the end of the day, when the madness of our election process is over, each of us is likely, no matter who we individually supported, to be disappointed. But, as I’ve pointed out since the 2006 elections, there is much to be optimistic about when it comes to the issue of trade—-at least […]

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   At the end of the day, when the madness of our election process is over, each of us is likely, no matter who we individually supported, to be disappointed. But, as I’ve pointed out since the 2006 elections, there is much to be optimistic about when it comes to the issue of trade—-at least […]

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