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Help Stop the Big Labor Slush Fund Cover-Up
Taxpayers must stop Obama's Big Labor slush fund cover-up. Big Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is helping cover up Big Labor slush fund contributions by not requiring Big Labor to complete union trust disclosure documents.
Black unemployment 'a serious problem'
While the overall unemployment rate for Americans fell in November, the jobless gap between African-Americans and all other races actually rose, continuing a disturbing trend that has many lawmakers up in arms.
Pres. Obama Calls for New Ideas for Creating Jobs
President Barack Obama promised at a White House jobs forum on Thursday to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation," including some ideas he said could be put into action quickly.
ACORN set out to defeat GOP pols: memo (Cong Issa {R-Calif}...
ACORN engaged in bare-knuckled politicking by targeting key congressional races and swing voters in 2008....according to a memo obtained by GOP congressional investigators.......... Read more at nypost.com ... TOPICS: Extended News ; Politics/Elections KEYWORDS: BACKSTORY----ACORNS IN THE WHITE HOUSE The web of connections range from ACORN CEO ...
U.S. Labor secretary visits Los Angeles to push for green jobs
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis toured two facilities in Los Angeles Tuesday to push for green jobs, as part of the "National Conversation on the Future of America's Cities and Metropolitan Areas". Solis made separate visits to the Electrical Training Institute and Los Angeles Technical Trade College, which will receive green jobs grants under ...
Stark, Boxer and Feinstein laud help for NUMMI workers
Congressman Pete Stark, D-Fremont., and U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Tuesday lauded the U.S. Department of Labor's announcement that workers at Fremont's New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.
U.S. Department of Labor certifies California auto workers as eligible to apply for..
U.S. Department of Labor certifies California auto workers as eligible to apply for... U.S. Department of Labor certifies California auto workers as eligible to a U.S. Department of Labor certifies California auto workers as eligible to apply for... WASHINGTON, Nov.
NUMMI workers want new car line, not aid
Autoworkers at the NUMMI plant are happy to get a fresh flavor of government aid, disclosed Tuesday, but they also want federal officials to pursue another initiative: pressure General Motors to bring a new production line to the factory.
State to receive aid for green-jobs training
California will receive $2.31 million in federal grants to train workers for green jobs and help place them with employers, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced Wednesday.
It's Politics: Asian-American candidates forum comes up short
If you have a candidates' debate and only one of six candidates shows up, does that say something about you or the candidates? The Asian American Action Fund claims the latter.
Kline demands hearing on stimulus job report errors
Earlier this week, the government's stimulus tracking website reported that more than $2 million was spent in Minnesota's 9th congressional district, which hasn't existed since 1963.
$5.5 million in green-jobs grants from U.S. Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor doled out nearly $5.5 million in grants for green-jobs training today, with more than a dozen awards scattered throughout California.
Young Political Candidates Confronted by Digital Past on Facebook
Last spring Emanuel Pleitez, 26, ran for California's 32nd Congressional seat in a special election to replace Hilda Solis, the new secretary of labor.
Employers Pressure Doctors, Workers to Stay Mum on Workplace Injuries
More than two-thirds of injured or sick workers in a recent survey feared employer discipline or even losing their jobs if their injuries were reported, a new study from the Government Accountability Office revealed today.
It's Politics: Budget cuts could mean falling grades for state's universities
Californians are still proud of their schools, but they might not be for much longer.
I recently had a stroke that left me blind in my right eye. I am already 100 percent service-connected disabled.
Bell gets help from Congress with claim
6. The 88-year-old Burlington resident also has the help and support of his congressional delegation.
IWS Documented News Service DAILY POS...
[Iws] Esa: Employers Jailed for Court Non-Compliance for Back Wages Payments [4 November 2009]
IWS Documented News Service _______________________________ Institute for Workplace Studies ----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach School of Industrial & Labor Relations -------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies Cornell University 16 East 34th Street, 4th floor ---------------------- Stuart Basefsky New York, NY 10016 ...
The president today will make good on his campaign promise to host a White House Tribal Nations Conference.
Be wary of government retirement savings plans
After reading the Enquirer's lead business story '401 s won't solve all ills' , American workers may wonder, 'What is Washington, D.C., doing to make our golden years golden?' We are reminded by U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis that 'These were never meant to be more than supplemental plans.' However, the balance of the article offers little ...
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