Hobby Lobby Could Be a Slippery Slope in the Right Direction
• reason.comNo one should be able to use government to force anyone else to buy them something.
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Postal Worker Straight Up Just Flings Packages Into a Ravine
• gawker.comReceiving packages is usually very fun, but being a postal worker probably sucks sometimes. So launching some random boxes into a ravine like this USPS employee in Alabama seems more or less understandable, if not outright patriotic.
Union Foes See Blood in the Water After Supreme Court Ruling
• usnews.com'Head-on challenges to forced union dues are going to be coming,' says right-to-work leader.
Court: Public union can't make nonmembers pay fees
• Associated PressThe Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover a union's costs of collective bargaining.
Woman Sues Boss Over Rush-Hour Traffic
• newser.comShe claims it made her anxious to the point of disability
50 VA hospital workers claim retaliation for blowing whistle on the horrors they saw
• washingtontimes.comSay others are afraid to come forward
What fast food workers can learn from Ikea's wage hike
• yahoo.comThe first rule of free market capitalism is that it works at its own pace. The second rule of capitalism is that it does not take kindly to those who try to subvert the first rule.
Obama's EPA Pleads with Employees to Stop Pooping in Hallways
• breitbart.comAmerica certainly has been having problems with the EPA's employees, but it seems the EPA itself has been having a few problems with its employees, too.
Did The Supreme Court Just Outlaw Company Stock Plans?
• forbes.comEmployers will have to think twice about offering company stock as a retirement option after the U.S. Supreme Court removed a key protection against lawsuits that claim it was imprudent to let employees hold the shares in individual retirement accoun
My CIA handlers cheated me out of $5million... then set a trap to murder me:
• dailymail.co.ukHe was the spy who'd risked everything to bring down top terrorists. His reward? to become a target himself
SC drama shows second-in-command not always wanted
• Associated PressFor weeks, political intrigue swirled in South Carolina over a part-time position no one seemed to want, especially for just six months.
Unblinking Eyes Track Employees
• nytimes.comWorkplace Surveillance Sees Good and Bad
Haters gonna hate - but it makes them better at their job:
• dailymail.co.ukGrumpy and negative people are more efficient than happy colleagues
Greece Goes Medieval - 2/3rds Of Wages Paid In Barter
• zerohedge.comDo you remember the serfs and servants and villeins and peasants in the good old times of feudalism and the Middle Ages?
A Lesson on Racial Discrimination
• Lewrockwell.comDonald Sterling, Los Angeles Clippers owner, was recorded by his mistress making some crude racist remarks.
Seattle Mayor Unveils Plan for $15 Minimum Wage + Video
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by Diamond DogSeattle Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday proposed a phased-in increase of the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next seven years.
SEIU membership, revenues plummet after state ends 'underhanded scheme'
• FOX NewsMichigan's powerful Service Employees International Union saw its membership and revenues plummet after reversal of a measure that forced caregivers tending to friends or relatives to be members with their dues paid by those they cared for.
FCAZ Podcast : May Day
Mike ShipleyMikester makes a compelling case for worker rights as a libertarian cause.
America’s Favorite Anarchist Thinks Most US Workers Are Wage Slaves
• http://www.businessinsider.comConservative proponents of the guaranteed income want a lump sum payment (Charles Murray suggests about $11,000 to all adults) to replace existing social welfare programs and downsize American bureaucracy.
Irish Company Now Paying Employees’ Salaries in Bitcoin
• http://thebitcoinnews.co,An Irish company has begun paying its employees’ salaries in bitcoin.
What Happens When Teachers, Delivery People And Fast Food Workers Don’t Care ...
• By Michael SnyderWhat Happens When Teachers, Delivery People And Fast Food Workers Don’t Care Anymore…
Technology Company Using Fitness Trackers To Monitor Employees
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepDo you record your food or steps electronically? Your workplace might want to do the same.
Data shows millions of Americans falling out of the workforce
• http://dailycaller.com, Neil MunroThe number of native-born, working-age Americans who aren’t working has shot up by almost 9 million since 2007, and by almost 15 million since 2000, according to a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that favors reduced immigrat
Do you go to work sick? One in four Americans do
• naturalnews.comMany of us know someone who we believe has abused their company's "sick leave" policy in the past. Calling in sick -- even if you aren't -- is not what you might call a rarity in the American business world.
JPMorgan To Fire Thousands
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenFollowing last year's realization that mortgage origination as a product line is effectively dead (which has forced such origination dependent banks as Wells Fargo to return to subprime lending in hopes of keeping the revenue stream alive, knowing fu
The 10 Highest Paying Work-From-Home Jobs
• Business InsiderIt's natural to think that all work-from-home jobs would pay significantly less than their office counterparts, but a new joint study from online job resources FlexJobs and PayScale shows that it's a common misconception.
President Obama Signs "Minimum Wage Hike" Executive Order - Live Feed
• Zero HedgeBy the power of his pen... President Obama gives minimum-wage-earning Federal employees (and physically and mentally handicapped workers) a 39% pay hike to $10.10 (and there's nothing you can do about it) to "benefit hundreds of thousands of people."
John B. Wells Fired for Being Too Popular and Truthful: An Exclusive Interview
• http://thecommonsenseshow.com, Dave HodgesJohn B. Wells has one of the most recognized voices in America, but unfortunately a million Americans will no longer get to hear his melodious voice on Saturday nights on what was his popular Coast to Coast radio broadcast.
Booz Allen Hamilton Looking To Hire Snowden Catchers
• firedoglake.comBooz Allen Hamilton, the firm that employed whistleblower Edward Snowden, is now looking to make sure they prevent anymore security disasters.
The Minimum Wage Law
• Lewrockwell.comThe minimum wage on its face is an unemployment law, not an employment law.
