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Gas Finder#1 Gas Finder#2 National Traffic and Road Closure Information In Brotherhood, by admin, Sunday, 20 July 2008 11:55 [ Read all ]   Labor * Union * National * RSS Thursday, 24 July 2008 22:41 Union Review - Labor Movement News & Views Small Business Owner For Labor! A small business owner in California read a blog post I put up on Daily Kos last week. He took it upon himself to write me directly about the fact that he is in support of the Employee Free Choice Act. He also sent the letter to the editor of a paper he ... The US Department of Labor Hates Working People; Makes it harder to regulate toxic work environments One of the serious pleasures of publishing UnionReview.com would have to be the letters from regular readers. I find it validating, entertaining and exciting that so many people truly care about labor, and probably cared about it for a lot longer than ... Building Bridges Radio: Kevin Phillips on Bad Money; and Attacking Iran? Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg ********************************************read ... Truthout - labor RSS: Issues Ford Has $8.7 Billion Loss, Shifts Away From Trucks     Ford Motor Co., the world's third-biggest automaker, posted a record quarterly loss of $8.7 billion and accelerated a shift to fuel-efficient vehicles to wean itself from money-losing trucks.     The ... Witnesses: Bush Labor Department Cheats Workers     Washington - Enforcement of wage-and-hour laws, to ensure workers get at least the minimum wage and the overtime pay they deserve, has dropped drastically under the GOP Bush government, impartial investigators and a low-income ... Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy     Across the country, women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the work force, either permanently or for long stretches.     They had piled into jobs in ... BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. Obama seeks stronger Europe ties Barack Obama tells Berliners the US and Europe have drifted apart and it is time for them to come together again. Shock by-election defeat for UK Labour Britain's Labour party loses a by-election in a previously safe seat in Glasgow, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown. HIV drugs 'add 13 years of life' Life expectancy for people with HIV increases by 13 years on average since the late 1990s, survey finds. legitgov <b>7 contractors cited: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Fluor, Parker Hannifin, Sparta, SRS Technologies and a subsidiary of L3 Communications.</b> Auditors at a Pentagon oversight agency were pressured by supervisors to <font color="#ff0000"><b>skew their reports</b></font> on major defense contractors to make them look more favorable instead of exposing wrongdoing and charges of overbilling, according to an 80-page report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office. The Defense Contract Audit Agency, which oversees contractors for the Defense Department, "improperly influenced the audit scope, conclusions and opinions" of reviews of contractor performance, the GAO said, creating a "serious independence issue." Supervisors at DCAA attempted to intimidate auditors, prevented them from speaking with GAO investigators and created a "generally abusive work environment," the report said. It cited incidents of <b>"verbal admonishments, reassignments and threats of disciplinary action" </b>against workers who "raised questions about management guidance." Pentagon Pressured, Intimidated Auditors to Favor Contractors, GAO Says 7 contractors cited: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Fluor, Parker Hannifin, Sparta, SRS Technologies and a subsidiary of L3 Communications. Auditors at a Pentagon oversight agency were pressured by supervisors to skew their reports on major defense ... Plan Would Use $230M In 'Antiterror Aid' for Pakistani Jets The Bush regime plans to shift nearly $230 million in aid to Pakistan from counterterrorism programs to upgrading that country's F-16 attack planes. Some members of Congress have greeted the proposal with dismay and anger, and may block the move. The ... Major Iraq military assault timed for early August A military assault in Iraq's Diyala province, timed for August 1st, will involve around 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen. Diyala province is the bastion of al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] fighters in Iraq. Iraqi military officials have leaked the news that ... AFL-CIO NOW BLOG News for working families Minimum Wage Gets Second Boost After Decade of Roadblocks Some 13 million low-wage U.S. workers got a pay raise today when the federal minimum wage rose from $5.85 to $6.55 an hour. The pay hike was the second step of the three-step minimum wage increase Congress passed last year, the first such increase since ... Obama Supports Pro-Worker Policies—and Union Members Support Obama In his video introduction submitted to last year's AFL-CIO Presidential Candidates Forum, Sen. Barack Obama laid out some of his personal history and connected it to why he's running for president. It's worth watching again now that he's the Democratic ... Around Country, Union Members Keep Up the Pressure on McCain As John McCain tours the country, wherever he goes, he's met by his biggest fear: a contingent of educated, mobilized union members who know his record. Over the past week, he's been greeted again and again by union members demanding real answers to the ... The Nation: Top Stories Unconventional Wisdom Since 1865 Today in The Nation: Global Citizen John Nichols Carrying the weight of history, Obama spoke to Berlin and the world as a stirring orator, skilled diplomat and, yes, as a credible world leader. ... Today in The Nation: Make Fannie and Freddie Go Green James S. Henry and Brent Blackwelder Don't just bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: require them to start building environmentally responsible homes. ... Today in The Nation: Rethinking Afghanistan Katrina vanden Heuvel We need to get beyond the reflexive response of troop escalation and find sane and humane alternatives. ...

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