Employee and Employer Relations

A Small Act of Kindness in a Cold World

01-15-2009 • American Chronicle via e-mail

On Friday, January 9th 2009 I was laid off. It came as a shock to me. I´m in a position in the company where I didn´t think they could afford to lay me off.

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Real Letter From CEO To His Employees

01-07-2009 • Rense.com

To All My Valued Employees - There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job.

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Traditional family defenders now in 'gay' agenda bull's-eye - Licensing proposal could r

01-01-2009 • WND.com via e-mail from 'Bulls-Eye William

...a recommendation before the State Bar of Arizona... to require all new lawyers to swear they won't let their personal religious perspective on homosexuality affect their representation of any client.

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Layoffs Sweep From Wall St. Across Region

10-30-2008 • NY Times

A broad array of businesses across the New York region have begun eliminating jobs by the thousands as the pain of the financial crisis spreads well beyond Wall Street.

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Prime Minister's voicemail: call my predecessor

8-19-2008 • Reuters

Might be a good tactic for the next Prez.

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We, as a society, are losing sight of one another as human beings

1-1-2008 • Information Clearing House

Founders of the United States, such as Thomas Jefferson, recognized the dangers of corporate greed, which accounts for why the founding fathers believed corporate charters should be granted only to those entities willing to serve the greater public i

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Labor Board Restricts Union Use of E-Mail

12-23-2007 • NY Times

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employers have the right to prohibit workers from using the company’s e-mail system to send out union-related messages, a decision that could hamper communications between labor unions and their membe

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GM's U.S. Workers Strike After Contract Talks Fail

9-24-2007 • Bllomberg

General Motors Corp.'s U.S. factory employees went on strike nationwide for the first time in 37 years, after the largest U.S. automaker failed to reach a new labor agreement with the United Auto Workers. [Eastern Airlines?]

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Workers are told to shape up or pay up

7-30-2007 • LA Times

To hold down medical costs, some firms are penalizing workers who are overweight or don't meet health guidelines.

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Arizona OKs illegal-worker restrictions

7-3-2007 • AP

Arizona's governor signed a bill Monday that prohibits people from hiring illegal immigrants and requires businesses to verify applicants' employment eligibility, saying Congress was apparently "incapable" of helping.

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Home Depot fires employees who stop shoplifters

6-6-2007 • News Link

A former Home Depot employee said the company fired him and three other workers because they helped police catch several suspected shoplifters.

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Spy chief taps in employee team's spirit

06-05-2007 • The Swamp

NSA Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander has launched a marketing blitz. His goal: to get his employees on message. Last month, Alexander launched an "Internal Communications Campaign" to promote "buy-in" among his troops for plan

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Court backs Defense workplace changes -- for now

05-21-2007 • Washington Post(Steve Barr)

The changes would sharply curb union rights at Defense and overhaul how the department's civilian employees are paid, promoted and disciplined. The ruling ended a string of judicial and legislative triumphs by unions opposed to Bush adminstratio

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Higher Education Conformity

05-06-2007 • Alternet

Is a college degree really a sign of competence? Or is it chiefly a signal to employers that you've mastered the ability to obey and conform? (Her suggestion for this problem is wrong. I'd woudl suggest to seperate school and state)

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Labor's "Right to a Free Market"

04-28-2007 • FEE(Sheldon Richman)

No issue is more contentious in labor relations than the Employee Free Choice Act(EFCA). This bill, now pending in Congress, would require the National Labor Relations Board(NLRB) to recognize a union when "a majority of the employees in a unit

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Veto threat looms over House labor bill

3-1-2007 • AP

President Bush would veto legislation championed by Democrats and labor groups that would make it easier to organize unions by eliminating employer rights to demand secret-ballot elections, the White House said

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Walter Reuther's Ghost

03-01-2007 • Wall Street Journal

The House of Representatives has scheduled a vote as early as today on the a bill that strips 140 million US workers of the right to decide in private whether to unionize. Natually, it's called the Employee Free Choice Act.

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N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery"

1-28-2007 • Reuters

Every morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the office.

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Voter approved minimum wage increase to cost disabled their jobs

12-16-2006 • Arizona Republic

[Cuz' we care.] Several thousand disabled workers could be out of jobs at the start of the year because of the state's new minimum-wage law. [Don't worry, I'm sure the Attorney General will just make something up.]

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Employers increasingly tapping medical tourism to save money

11-06-2006 • News Target

Gilmore needed hip surgery, but found that the procedure would cost up to $40,000 if performed in the US. Gilmore reached overseas hospital, and found thta the Max Super Specialty Hospital in India would charge just $7,000 for the procedure.

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English Tutors Complain of Chinese Abuse

8-7-2006 • AP

In the nine months Davis and her boyfriend had taught English at the school in rural north China, they had endured extra work hours, unpaid salaries and frigid temperatures without heating and, on many days, electricity.

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Bullying blights British workplace

8-7-2006 • AFP

[Unionize] The bullying of British workers has hit the headlines, but victims have tended to sit tight before complaining to bosses and taking legal action that could now net them substantial compensation.

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Companies spying on employee e-mail

6-4-2006 • Reuters

Big Brother is not only watching but he is also reading your e-mail. According to a new study, about a third of big companies in the United States and Britain hire employees to read and analyse outbound e-mail as they seek to guard against legal,

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Want to work here? Get a chip implanted.

2-13-2006 • Security Focus

Two employees have been injected with RFID chips this week as part of a new requirement to access their company's datacenter. Cincinnati based surveillance company CityWatcher.com created the policy with the hopes of increasing security in th

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Court Passes on Transsexual Discrimination

11-7-2005 • Associated Press

The Supreme Court refused to consider shielding employers from discrimination lawsuits by transsexuals, dodging a workplace rights fight.

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UAW's future: Givebacks or else

2005-10-08 • News Link

After decades of hard-fought victories at the bargaining table, the United Auto Workers union faces the prospect of unprecedented wage and benefit concessions at one of its largest employers. In addition to Delphi Corp., the clock may be ticking agai