Articles by Author: stisza
AT$T Starts Off 2012 With Job Cuts
January 6, 2012- AT&T announced today it plans to further reduce headcount by eliminating jobs held by members of IBEW Local Union 21. These jobs cuts result from AT&T?s 2011 deci...
Continue reading
President Obama Appoints 3 To NLRB
After making an end run around Senate Republicans to fill the top job at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, President Barack Obama ran the same play again a few...
Continue reading
**NEW**Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)**
January 5, 2012: A Beginning-- Today marks an important step forward for the CFPB as we work to protect consumers. Going forward, the CFPB will expand its bank supervision p...
Continue reading
Pipeline Inspector-Turned Whistleblower - Calls Keystone XL a Potential "Disaster"
Mike Klink: ?Let?s be clear ? I am an engineer; I am not telling you we shouldn?t build pipelines. We just should not build this one.? Mike Klink is a former inspector for Bechtel,...
Continue reading
RTW Proponents: Working Hard To Make Indiana Look Bad
Recently, national organizations promoting right-to-work laws have turned their focus to Indiana, creating a flurry of new claims on behalf of the policy. The Chamber of Commerce, ...
Continue reading
2012- CWA/AT$T Members/Retirees Fighting For The American Dream
So many Americans are having their dreams crushed by corporations that place greed over the interests of their workers. We can not let that happen at AT&T. CWA members/retirees at ...
Continue reading
2011's Last Viral Lie About Health Reform
BY: Linda Bergthold.Health Policy Consultant Posted: 12/29/11 10:11 PM ET. "When so many good things have happened as the result of health care reform, I hate to end this ye...
Continue reading
Seventy-Five Years Ago Today, The First Occupy
On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took over the facilities and occupied them for ...
Continue reading
Democratic Congressional Races Shape Up On Last Day Of Filing
The window for filing petitions to run for Congress in Illinois? new districts closed Tuesday with Democrats looking to take advantage of the map they drew to try to boost their nu...
Continue reading