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Sep 12 2013
News
AFL-CIO Realizes They Can't Keep Their Union Healthcare Plans Under Obamacare
The AFL-CIO is finally realizing one thing: When President Obama said if you like your healthcare plan you can keep it, he wasn't telling the truth.
TownhallJan 22 2024
Opinion
Ron DeSantis and the failure of pseudo-Trumpism
Now that Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the Republican primary race and endorsed Donald Trump, the race for the party’s presidential nomination has become more than just a battle of personalities — finally, it is a battle of ideas. With DeSantis’s pseudo-Trumpism firmly rejected, primary voters now have a choice between two ideological visions for the future of the party and the United States
UnHerdFeb 08 2013
News
Senators urge White House not to accept union 'demands' to expand ObamaCare aid
Thirty-one Republican senators are urging the White House to reject union "demands" that ObamaCare subsidies be extended to some workers that already have coverage through their jobs, saying this is blatantly prohibited under the law.
Fox News (Online News)Jan 25 2024
News
US economy grew faster than expected during the 4th quarter
The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace than expected at the end of 2023, underscoring its resilience even in the face of still-high inflation and steep interest rates.
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced across the economy, grew by 3.3% on an annualized basis in the three-month period from October through December, the Commerce Department said in
Fox BusinessDec 11 2012
News
Union activists furious as Michigan holds historic right-to-work vote
Amid a sea of steel-toe work boats, toboggans, sweatshirts and paint-splattered jeans, Michigan union activists massed at the state Capitol here Tuesday morning, to protest an all-but-certain vote on historic right-to-work legislation.
Washington TimesJan 17 2024
News
Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Wheeling’s Camping Ban
WHEELING – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia – on behalf of homeless Wheeling resident Heather Marie Corn and the House of Hagar – on Tuesday followed through with its threat of filing a civil lawsuit against the city of Wheeling over its new camping ban. The 23-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of West Virginia is seeking an injunction
The IntelligencerApr 18 2013
News
ICE union claims immigration bill 'does nothing' to resolve enforcement concerns
While the authors of the newly released Senate immigration bill touted its multibillion dollar investment in border security critics are seizing on what they describe as a major loophole -- giving the government discretion to choose when to enforce immigration laws.
Fox News (Online News)Jan 18 2024
News
Ben & Jerry’s and Burlington scoop shop workers reach first contract agreement
A labor union representing workers at Ben & Jerry’s flagship store in Burlington announced Thursday that it had ratified its first contract with the company. According to a press release from Scoopers United, workers will receive a number of new benefits under the contract such as wage increases, seven new holidays and reimbursement policies for work attire. Other benefits include the
VT DiggerJan 08 2024
News
Oil Falls After Steep Saudi Price Cuts
Oil fell Monday after Saudi Arabia slashed its crude prices for all regions, a sign the kingdom sees lower global demand. Most actively traded futures contracts for Brent crude oil, the international pricing benchmark, fell 2.5% to under $77 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate slid almost 3% to below $72. Shares in large European-listed oil producers fell. Both futures contracts rose
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 17 2024
News
Officers acquitted in Manny Ellis trail to receive $500,000 for voluntary resignation
TACOMA — The City of Tacoma says it will now issue $500,000 in exchange for the voluntary resignation of each of the police officers cleared last month in the death of Manny Ellis. Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rankine all agreed to leave the department on Tuesday. Mayor Victoria Woodards issued a lengthy statement highlighting the city’s reforms in improving the use of
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