Articles by Author: stisza
8/01/03- Judge Rules IBM "CBA" Pension Plan Unfair!
Judge G. Patrick Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois held that IBM's cash balance pension plan violated age discrimination provisions of the Emp...
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8/01/03- GSA to Bar MCI/WorldCom From Government Contracts!
CWA President Morty Bahr applauds GSA decision to suspend MCI/WorldCom from future federal contracts. External link to CWA Press Release....
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8/01/03- CWA President Bahr Testimony at U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Investigating MCI/WorldCom !
CWA President Morty Bahr testified at the U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on July 22, 2003 investigating MCI/WorldCom's bankruptcy and competition issues. Among other things, Bahr s...
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8/01/03- Singapore FTA Passes Senate 66 - 32!
Download the U.S. Senate roll call vote on passage of the Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in PDF format....
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8/01/03- Michigan State Rep. Steve Bieda's Bill, HB 4940!
The bill, HB 4940, requires all state contracts be awarded to only citizens or legal residents of the United States. Take this external link to the Michigan Legislature web site to...
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8/01/03- Chile FTA Passes Senate 66 - 31!
Download the U.S. Senate roll call vote on passage of the Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in PDF format....
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8/01/03- Congressman Tom Tancredo on Our Immigration Crisis!
Colorado Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo worries about the innumerable U.S. jobs he says have been wiped out by immigration. He outspokenly faults the Bush administration for i...
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8/01/03- Warren, Michigan Lawmaker Fights Loss of State Jobs to Offshore Foreign Workers!
Steve Bieda, Warren, Michigan Democratic State Rep., hopes to succeed where lawmakers in five other states, so far, have failed. "Our tax dollars shouldn't be sent to companies tha...
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7/31/03- Support HERE Local 1 Congress Hotel Strikers!
HERE Local 1 members at the Congress Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Chicago have been on strike since June 15th. Online travel company Orbitz is still booking customers into ...
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7/31/03- India & Singapore Economic Ties Poised For Rapid Growth!
The Singapore FTA will be a two-way road to prosperity for India and Singapore. Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo said last November that "Singapore could be a...
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