Articles by Author: stisza
2006 Pension Reform Act
VP Rosen asked that I send out highlights of the new Pension Protection Act of 2006. I have worked with Bob Patrician/CWA Research and have enclosed them. While I don?t have all of...
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As Traditional Plans Decline, Workers Face a Less Certain Future
Sean Schuback, a 15-year veteran of Verizon, arrived at work one morning last December to unsettling news: A company e-mail sent the night before announced that the telecommunicati...
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Daley's Big-Box Veto Sticks!
"Mayor Richard Daley demonstrated his political muscle on Wednesday, bucking proponents of the "big-box" minimum wage ordinance and making his veto of the measure stick. Daley pers...
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How to Pick the Right Financial Planner
Consumers should interview at least three prospective planners, preferably face to face, before settling on one. In addition to explaining how they might meet your individual needs...
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The War on Nurses and Other Workers!
These are trying times for U.S. labor unions. Their strength is on the wane. There are many reasons why. One reason is a fierce attack by employers and the federal government. Some...
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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Urges Service Providers to Use Domestic Labor in State Contracts, Avoid Outsourcing
Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today that the commonwealth is taking a new step to ensure that the state is using its resources to support and sustain domestic jobs and promo...
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AT&T Deceptive on Data Theft! By Ted Samson
The hack of AT&T's Web site is yet another string of data thefts where a third party vendor dropped the security ball. (Others of recent note include the Dept. of Veteran Affairs a...
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Labor Day Thought!- Workers And Managers By: David Manet
"The Bush Administration is the American corporation run wild. Management has broken the union (the union, here, is the electorate), and the workers, as happens periodically, have ...
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A Younger India Is Flexing Its Industrial Brawn
India?s economic advancement no longer rests on telephone call centers and computer programmers. Among villages with thatch-roofed huts and dirt roads on the outskirts of this city...
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Detroit Rookie Justin Verlander Makes His Pitch!
He talks like a kid raised on the principles of Local 2201, and maybe that's because Justin Verlander spent countless hours in a stroller on picket lines. His father, Richard, was ...
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